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Ty Cobb (タイ・カッブ), full name Tyrus Raymond Cobb (タイラス・レイモンド・カッブ), is the main protagonist of the one-shot History's Greatest Hitting Machine! Ty Cobb from The Lives of Eccentrics.

Ty Cobb is an American player who played for the. Over the course of his career filled with controversies, he earned a place in the history of baseball as one of the greatest. His unmatched skill and fierce personality led many to believe that he is possessed by a vengeful ghost.

Appearance
Ty Cobb is a Caucasian man of average hight and build. He has short hair, sunken cheeks, pronounced cheekbones, and a dorsal hump.

He is usually depicted wearing the uniform of his team.

Personality
During his childhood, Ty Cobb, thanks to his upbringing, was an honest boy. He was also very athletic and prefered hunting and baseball over studying. After the death of his father, Cobb's personality radically changed, as he became more arrogant, aggressive and violent.

Ty Cobb is infamously confrontational. Whenever he is faced with anything he deems insulting or disrespectful, he responds with extreme aggression, often resorting to violence.

Ty Cobb displays extreme confidence in his abilities, be it in baseball or outside of it. Such confidence isn't unfounded, because when he is faced with any kind of adversity, in his career or in his personal life, he often comes out on top.

Baseball
Ty Cobb is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was one of the first people to study the sport from a scientific point. Ty was also adept at recognizing unique habits that pitchers had in their posture.

During his career, Ty Cobb had set multiple world records: 892 stolen bases total (unbroken for 50 years), 92 most stolen bases within a season (highest record for 60 years), .367 batting average. He has also led the American team in batting for 9 years in a row, 12 times in total.

Early Life
Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born on December 18th, 1886, in the state of Georgia. He was raised in an affluent and religious home and was an athletic boy who preferred hunting and baseball over studying. His father vehemently opposed Tyrus's interest in baseball, as he considered the sport to be vulgar. Ty's father was killed by his wife in 1905. That event significantly affected Ty Cobb, dramatically changing his demeanor, making it significantly more arrogant and aggressive.

Professional Career
In 1908, during a game against, Ty Cobb declared that he will steal second base on the next pitch. As he approached the catcher on second base, the catcher's arm suddenly started to bleed profusely. The catcher accused Ty of cutting him with his cleats, to which Ty Cobb responded by saying that he'll steal third base, too.

Ty Cobb's attitude made him hated and feared even among his teammates. One day he was ambushed by 7-8 other baseball players, but, since Ty Cobb carried a shotgun in his baseball bat case, the people who tried to mug him ended up being the ones who were mugged.

During one of his games Ty Cobb heard a voice coming from the crowd of spectators shouting insults at the player. After spotting the spectator, Ty Cobb, in a fit of rage, rushed to the man's seat and started mercilessly beating him.