Funny baseball stories: Ty Cobb on hitting .300
August 17th, 2005
Ty Cobb was a lifetime .366 hitter, the highest career batting average in baseball history. His playing days ended in 1928.
In 1959, someone – probably a sports writer – asked Cobb how he would fare against modern-day pitching. Imagine that person’s surprise when Cobb replied that he’d only hit .300.
“Are today’s pitchers that much better than the ones you faced?” this writer must have asked.
Cobb’s reply? “You’ve got to remember – I’m 73.”