Batting titles
11
Career hits
4,189
Career batting average
0.4
MVP awards
1
Stolen bases
897
Runs scored
2,246
Category profile
- Dominance
- 93
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 97
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 0.35 | |
| 1908 | 0.324 | |
| 1909 | 0.377 | |
| 1910 | 0.383 | |
| 1911 | 0.42 | |
| 1912 | 0.409 | |
| 1913 | 0.39 | |
| 1914 | 0.368 | |
| 1915 | 0.369 | |
| 1916 | 0.371 | |
| 1917 | 0.383 | |
| 1918 | 0.382 | |
| 1919 | 0.384 | |
| 1920 | 0.334 | |
| 1921 | 0.389 | |
| 1922 | 0.401 | |
| 1923 | 0.34 | |
| 1924 | 0.338 | |
| 1925 | 0.378 | |
| 1926 | 0.339 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ty Cobb ranks #5 in Baseball
Ty Cobb ranks #5 in Baseball and #1400 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 92.8/100.
The verified career covers 1905–1928 and 20 documented seasons. Peak is 93/100, with Statistics the strongest category at 97/100 (15% weight). Key metrics: Batting titles 11, Career hits 4189, Career batting average 0.366, MVP awards 1.
Nearest context: ahead Nap Lajoie (93.0); behind Oscar Charleston (92.7). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Ty Cobb GOAT Score explained
- Dominance93/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 93/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 93/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics97/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 97/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Cobb comparisons
Ty Cobb — frequently asked
- Is Ty Cobb the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Ty Cobb ranks #5 in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 92.8/100, behind Babe Ruth (94.6).
- What is Ty Cobb's GOAT Score?
- 92.8/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 93 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 97 (15%).
- Where does Ty Cobb rank all time?
- #1400 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #5 in Baseball.
- Ty Cobb vs Nap Lajoie: who ranks higher?
- Nap Lajoie ranks higher at 93.0 versus Ty Cobb at 92.8, a margin of 0.2 points.