August 19, 1921: Ty Cobb gets 3000th Hit

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Suggested Readings

Charles Alexander, Ty Cobb (New York: Oxford University Press, 1984).

Richard Bak, Ty Cobb: His Tumultuous Life and Times (Dallas, Tex.: Taylor, 1994).

Al Stump, Cobb: A Biography (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin, 1994).

“Ty Cobb (1886-1961).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-733&sug=y

Ty Cobb Museum: http://www.tycobbmuseum.org/

Vintage Baseball Cards from the Collection of Senator Richard B. Russell: http://baseballcards.galib.uga.edu/?Welcome

Ty Cobb on Baseball Reference: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbty01.shtml

“He was a pain ... but a great pain.” By Larry Schwartz. Special to ESPN.com http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014142.html

Ty Cobb on National Baseball Hall of Fame: http://baseballhall.org/hof/cobb-ty

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August 19, 1921: Ty Cobb Gets 3000th Hit Image Credits moriarty & cobb cigarette card - Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & front and back Photographs Division, LC-DIG-bbc-2061f

Ty Cobb and teammates, 1900 Georgia State University Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta

" Tyrus Cobb plaque N02-84_01" Georgia State University Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta

Ty Cobb sliding Georgia State University Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta

Ty Cobb with bats Georgia State University Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta

Three base ball stars here for the Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & World Series Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-103759

Ty Cobb at bat Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-02753

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August 19, 1921: Ty Cobb Gets 3000th Hit Image Credits

Ty Cobb, Detroit Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-28947

Ty Cobb, Detroit, and Joe Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & Jackson, Cleveland, standing Photographs Division, alongside each other, each LC-USZ62-97880 holding bats

Tyrus Cobb, Detroit Tigers, Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & baseball card portrait Photographs Division, LC-DIG-bbc-1580f

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