How Ty Cobb's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Ty Cobb posted a career Range Factor of 2.34, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1918, posting 3.47, below the league average of 4.28 that year. The lowest point came in 1908 at 1.57, well below the league average of 4.27 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.06 in 1926 to 1.98 in 1927 and 1.89 in 1928. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 24 seasons.

Ty Cobb Lifetime Range Factor

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Career2.342
Season Avg.2.342
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Ty Cobb Range Factor Per Season

Ty Cobb's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ty Cobb Range Factor per season line chart

Ty Cobb Range Factor by Team

Ty Cobb's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ty Cobb career Range Factor by team bar chart

Ty Cobb Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ty Cobb's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ty Cobb Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Ty Cobb Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ty Cobb's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ty Cobb Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ty Cobb Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ty Cobb's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ty Cobb Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table