"Make no mistake about that. The old boy was the greatest player I ever saw or hope to see. When I was pitching I had fair success against all the other great hitters, but Cobb was one guy I never could get out. I had a reputation for being a slugger and I guess I could hit 'em pretty far at that, but that guy Cobb could do everything--better than any player I ever saw. Old Georgia Peach was a great hitter, a spectacular fielder, a wonderful thrower and oh boy, how he could run."
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Babe Ruth, as quoted in "Ruth Considers Ty Cobb As Greatest of Players" by Joe Reichler (AP), in The Ironwood Daily Globe (August 24, 1945), p. 10
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Ty Cobb
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (18 December 1886 – 17 July 1961), nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American baseball player, often considered among the greatest players in the history of the sport.
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