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During his twenty-four-year career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, Triple Crown-winner, twelve-time batting champion, and was elected in the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame along with Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson. As someone who retired from the game over eighty-five years ago, he is still the leader for career batting average, second in runs, hits, and triples, and a mainstay in dozens of other categories. However, when most people think of The Georgia Peach, theyre reminded of his reputation as a dirty player. It was said that got so many of his steals because he would sharpen his metal cleats and spike the second basemen if they would try to tag him out. Its also said that he was rude, nasty, a racist, and hated by peers and the press alike.