The Story of Ty Cobb: Baseball's Greatest Player

by Gene Schoor, Henry Gilfond, PHOTOS & DRAWINGS (Illustrator)

Biography of the baseball player Ty Cobb.

Genres: Baseball

181 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1952

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Young adult book for someone who is a fan of baseball

[Patrick Peterson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not great. Not nearly as well written, or at least as fun/easy to read as Ty Cobb The Greatest by Robert Rubin. I read this almost in one sitting - about 5-6 hours - phew! It gave a few more/different details about Cobb's life than Rubin's book, so a decent complement, but not that much. VERY few decent funny parts in the book.

Downright stupid in some parts. Talked about a really nasty thing that someone did to Cobb, for very little or no good reason, then he mentioned offhandedly that it was "justified." Well - NO! It did NOT sound justified by the details Schoor himself just gave. The author was a boxer, before becoming a writer, maybe that's why such a lapse.

No details at all about Cobb's father's death. Some later accounts say his mother murdered him.
Just a smidge about Cobb's investing success (more than Rubin's book).
As with the Rubin book - makes perfectly clear why Cobb was the greatest baseball player ever.

[Dalton M · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a book about one of the greatest players in baseball history Ty Cobb.This book tells you how Ty Cobb made it to the majors and what he did once he got there.It also tells about the struggles he faced like his father not supporting him and fans disliking him.I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in baseball because it has some good stories from baseball that involved Ty Cobb.

[Ronald]

probably read in fall 1967