During the 1912 baseball season, center fielder Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers was suspended for ten days after entering the spectator stands at New York's Hilltop Park during a game and physically assaulting Claude Lucker, a heckler. At the time, Cobb was among the biggest stars in the major leagues.

Dec 29, 2022 · "Then he jumped on me and spiked me in the left leg, and kicked me in the side, after which he booted me behind the left ear. I was down and Cobb was kicking me when someone in the crowd...

May 15, 2015 · In 1908, when a black laborer complained to Cobb about how he'd just walked through freshly poured asphalt, Cobb went into attack mode again, earning a battery charge. But the most outrageous...

Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 [1] – July 17, 1961), nicknamed " the Georgia Peach ", was an American professional baseball center fielder. A native of rural Narrows, Georgia, Cobb played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb climbs into the stands at New York's Hilltop Park and savagely beats a heckling fan. Cobb will be suspended indefinitely by American League president Ban Johnson for...

Aug 18, 2020 · Only the force of Ty Cobb’s character and his determination helped silence a growing investigation that might have exposed a myriad of game-fixing schemes that were common in the deadball era. What was baseball’s deadball era?

Sep 8, 1981 · NEW YORK -- The most infamous incident involving a player going into the stands to fight with a fan occurred in 1912 and it led to the first strike in baseball history. The player involved was none...

Cobb suddenly vaulted into the stands toward Lucker, seated about 12 rows up in the grandstand. Knocking Lucker down, Cobb began kicking and stamping him. “Cobb,” someone cried, “that man has no hands!” “I don’t care if he has no feet!” he yelled, continuing the attack with his cleats.

Aug 29, 1977 · "Cobb led with a left jab and countered with a right kick to Mr. Spectator's left Weisbach, which made his peeper look as if someone had drawn a curtain over it.... Jabs bounded off the...

May 17, 2014 · "Then he jumped on me and spiked me in the left leg, and kicked me in the side, after which he booted me behind the left ear. I was down and Cobb was kicking me when someone in the crowd shouted, 'Don't kick him. He has no hands.' Cobb answered, 'I don't care if he has no feet!'"