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Ty Cobb
Regarded by many as the fiercest competitor in baseball history, Tyrus Raymond “Ty” Cobb won a record twelve batting titles and established the all-time mark for highest career batting average, .367. Cobb’s fiery temper and insatiable desire for success propelled him to greatness but also earned him an enduring reputation as one of the game’s most belligerent players.
Early Life and Career
Cobb was born in The Narrows in Banks County, on December 18, 1886, the first of three children. His parents were William Herschel Cobb, an educator and politician, and Amanda Chitwood, the daughter of a banker. While growing up in nearby Royston, Cobb became fascinated by baseball. Taking up the sport, he played for the Royston Rompers and the semi-pro Royston Reds during his early and mid-teens. In 1904, against the wishes of his father, who wanted his son to go into law, medicine, or the military, Cobb successfully tried out for the Augusta Tourists, a minor league club in the fledgling South Atlantic League. He was soon cut from the team but rejoined the Tourists after a brief stint with the Anniston Steelers of the Tennessee-Alabama League. Two months before the end of the 1905 season, Tourists management sold the left-handed hitting and right-hand
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Ty Warner
American businessman (born 1944)
H. Ty Warner (born September 3, 1944) is an American billionaire toy manufacturer, businessman, and convicted felon. He is the CEO, sole owner, and co-founder of Ty Inc. which manufactures and distributes stuffed toys, notably Beanie Babies. He also owns Four Seasons Hotel New York, which he bought with profits from the 1990s Beanie Babies fad. In 2020, he ranked 359 on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in the U.S., with a net worth of US$2.3 billion.[1]
Biography
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[edit]Warner was born on September 3, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, and he grew up in suburban La Grange, in a Prairie-style house designed in the early 1890s by Frank Lloyd Wright, now known as the Peter Goan House. His father was Harold "Hal" Warner, a jeweler and toy salesman.[2] His mother was Georgia Warner, a pianist. He has a much younger sister, Joyce.[2] He was named after baseball player Ty Cobb.
At age 14, Warner attended Lyons Township High School (north campus) in La Grange, Illinois before transferring to St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, from which he graduated in 1962. Warner attended Kalamazoo College for one year.[2][3]
Warner's relations
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