Ty Cobb

  The ‘Georgia Peach’ is a true baseball legend, with a career batting average that still stands to this day. Only once has a player hit more in a single season, and it was Ichiro Suzuki back in 2004.  Ty Cobb is often talked of as a brawler, with accusations of violence and racism following him even past his death. The truth is most of the stories are wildly exaggerated, and though he did brawl with black players and staff in his time he would fight anyone who crossed him. A complicated, but talented man. This article on Ty Cobbs goes into more detail.