Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb (タイ・カッブ, Tai Kabbu), full name Tyrus Raymond Cobb (タイラス・レイモンド・カッブ, Tairasu Reimondo Kabbu), is the main protagonist of History's Greatest Hitting Machine! Ty Cobb from The Lives of Eccentrics.
He is an American Major League Baseball player renowned for his skill, often regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport. He is also known for his short temper and arrogance.
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, Detroit Tigers.
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.
Abilities
Baseball
Ty Cobb is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players ever. During his career, he 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.
History
Ty Cobb was born on December 18th, 1886 in the state of Georgia.
Gallery
Chapter 1, page 1, colored
Chapter 1, page 2-3, colored
Chapter 2 cover
He played against Ty Cobb in June 1912. During the game, Cobb got frustrated with Hollows's spitballs and called a time out, during which he started taunting Hollows. As a response, Hollows threw the baseball at Ty Cobb's stomach when the time out was over. For that Cobb physically attacked Hollows and threatened him with a gun that he brought to the game. This incident convinced Hollows that the rumors of Ty Cobb being possessed by a vengeful ghost were true.
By the time spitballs were banned a year later, Hollows had stopped using them, and his fame as the best pitcher in the league had already faded away.
In 1905, Cobb’s father was killed by his wife. According to official records, she mistook him for a thief and accidentally shot him. There also exists a rumor that states that he pretended to leave the house to see if his wife was faithful to him, and upon discovering his wife with her secret lover, he was killed by her.
In 1905, she killed her husband. According to official records, she mistook him for a thief and accidentally shot him. There also exists a rumor that states that her husband pretended to leave the house to see if his wife was faithful to him, and upon discovering his wife with her secret lover, he was killed by her.
