Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

by Charles Leerhsen

Book Overview

Finally--a fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb. Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928, after twenty-one years with the Detroit Tigers and two with the Philadelphia Athletics, he held more than ninety records. But the numbers don't tell half of Cobb's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451645767
• ISBN13: 9781451645767
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"