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[edit] Post-delisting issues

See also racism thread immediately below; two editors now effectively claim the article is incomplete in its coverage of significant aspects of the subject. D'oh. Other than that, what's the hold up? It's already 2010 now. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō Contribs. 13:10, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

How can we get the hits/average situation stable? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:04, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


"The Tigers had finished second in 1922, but were 16 games behind the Yankees." This is incorrect, the St.Louis Browns finish second to the Yankees in 1922 -- they finished one game behind the Yanks that season. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.80.150 (talk) 19:28, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Post professional career

Resolved: Fixed.

The second paragraph under this heading erroneously links the name of one of Cobb's sons to Roy Cobb, the World War II veteran. Because the article is locked, I can't fix it. 70.63.146.67 (talk) 21:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)pergish1

That was a weird one. I fixed it. Thanks. Wknight94 talk 21:51, 10 November 2009 (UTC


[edit] WHAT ABOUT L'N'H'S'R?

If I recall correctly, one of the substitute Tigers on that day back in 1912 had a name so long that the scorekeeper rendered it as "L'N'H'S'R." (say it: Len-HAW-ser). That player's identity has never been determined, and he is usually referred to as "Four Apostrophes." 99.246.159.26 (talk · contribs)

Some box scores had his full last name, which was Leinhauser. Here's the Retrosheet line on Bill Leinhauser:[1]Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:14, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Army service -- officer or enlisted?

The one reference regarding Cobb's military service has him quoted as enlisting. He "wore" captains bars, but that looks like a dog&pony show for the trainees. We do not have info showing Cobb as commissioned. Accordingly, I'm changing the category for him to US Army personnel.--S. Rich (talk) 21:07, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 1919 Get 7 pounch out in 10 season?

In the section "Move to Philadelphia" it's mentioned that "[Dutch] Leonard accused former pitcher and outfielder Smoky Joe Wood and Cobb of betting on 1919 Get 7 pounch out in 10 season, a Tiger-Cleveland game played in Detroit on September 25, 1919". Is this a gambling term or gibberish? I think that if it's a legitimate gambling term, it needs to either be explained or just removed and stated that they were accused of betting on the Tiger-Cleveland game. Otherwise, it's just confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.202.210.134 (talk) 18:04, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

It's gibberish. I'll look for the source of the vandalism. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:20, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Three separate vandalisms on Oct 27. I'll fix it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Done. Thanks for being alert! ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:31, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
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