Friday, June 27, 2008
Ty Cobb Stealing Home
I just came across a list of Ty Cobb's record 54 steals of home in Baseball Almanac. Starting in 1907, he had at least one steal of home in every year but one (1925) through 1928, for a total of 21 years with a steal of home. His high for a year was 8 in 1912. The 54 were accomplished through 5 triple steals, 24 double steals and 25 stand-alone steals of home (beating the pitch to the plate). For his last steal of home, he was 41 years old! And it was the fearless, slide and hope the batter doesn't take your head off by swinging at the pitch variety!
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