Has T206 Ty Cobb Greenback TOPPED OUT

[packs]

Cobb led the league in slugging 6 years in a row during the dead ball era. I think it's reasonable to assume if he were at his peak in the lively ball era he'd have done some serious damage. He was 33 when Ruth (age 25) hit 54 in 1920, so he was well over his physical peak by the time the ball started jumping. He averaged 39 doubles and 16 triples a season over his career.

[joshuanip]

Originally Posted by packs

Cobb led the league in slugging 6 years in a row during the dead ball era. I think it's reasonable to assume if he were at his peak in the lively ball era he'd have done some serious damage. He was 33 when Ruth (age 25) hit 54 in 1920, so he was well over his physical peak by the time the ball started jumping. He averaged 39 doubles and 16 triples a season over his career.

But that wasn’t his style. He would have still “hit em where you ain’t” if he had played in the 30’s.

Look at Ted, he pulled the ball even after the Williams shift. Imagine how many seasons above 400 he would have been had he gone the other way.

[packs]

Originally Posted by joshuanip

But that wasn’t his style. He would have still “hit em where you ain’t” if he had played in the 30’s.

Look at Ted, he pulled the ball even after the Williams shift. Imagine how many seasons above 400 he would have been had he gone the other way.

An indicator of power potential in a young player is the amount of doubles they hit early on in their minor league career. Cobb was a doubles machine behind only Speaker really. I think the two of them would have mashed even if they weren't trying to hit home runs.

[griffon512]

premiums on strong eye appeal -- with a focus on centering -- is where you are seeing the largest percentage increases in vintage overall. we have seen that be a consistent trend over the last year. very well centered cobbs with strong eye appeal are getting up to 100% premiums versus "average" cobbs. i think that trend continues, as it adds an unknown scarcity value to whatever the pop report says. in good economic times, the unknown part can get frothy. there's certainly some froth in our hobby, but isn't that what the federal reserve/central banks have tried to engineer since the great recession? mission accomplished! who says there is no free lunch?

[ullmandds]

I got mine for free about 15 years ago. Well I suppose I worked a little for it.

[luciobar1980]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I got mine for free about 15 years ago. Well I suppose I worked a little for it.

Do tell...

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by luciobar1980

Do tell...

Well I bought a lot of the 4 t206 cobbs from a lipset auction maybe 15-17 years ago...sold the other 3 for what I paid for the lot...and the cobb was free!

Back then you could do things like this pretty routinely...not that I did!!!!