The Greatest Pitching Ever As Picked By Baseball Legend Ty Cobb
The most famous hitter in MLB history was able to quickly identify the toughest pitcher he ever faced
Hall-of-Fame outfielder Ty Cobb terrorized pitchers of all abilities and backgrounds during his stellar 24-year big-league career. Accordingly, he wasn’t one to lavish praise on hurlers, who he and his bat typically handled with relative ease. However, there was one hurler who stuck out in his mind, who at least for a time was the most dominant he ever faced; right-hander Ed Walsh.
Between 1905–1928 with the Detroit Tigers (his first 22 seasons) and Philadelphia Athletics, the left-handed hitting Cobb batted an all-time record .366 with 4,189 base hits, 117 home runs, 1,944 RBIs, 2,245 runs scored and 897 stolen bases. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
Cobb’s fiery intensity was so well known that over time, with the help of those seeking profits (authors who invented wholesale stories and lies about his life and career and sold them as fact), his reputation was rebranded into that of a sadistic monster instead of a hard-nosed and determined ball player.
Relying on a particularly devastating spitball, Walsh had a short peak due to injuries, but what a peak it was. He pitched…
