Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth — Career Comparison

Ty Cobb
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameCenter FielderMVP
Babe Ruth
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRight FielderMVPAll-Star

Adjusted for the eras they played in, Babe Ruth holds a real edge over Ty Cobb in this comparison. Babe Ruth led in home run production (HR/PA+ 835 vs 371), walk rate (BB%+ 258 vs 106), and slugging (SLG+ 195 vs 167). Ty Cobb held the edge in contact rate (K%+ 152 vs 50). The edge belongs to Babe Ruth.

Hitting Stats for Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth

Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
22
22
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3035
139.32
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2503
141.47
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13071
600
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
10616
600
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11436
524.95
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
8398
474.64
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.975
0.975
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.119
1.119
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4189
192.29
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
2873
162.38
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3053
140.14
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
1517
85.74
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
724
33.23
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
506
28.6
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
13.54
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
136
7.69
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
117
5.37
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
40.35
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1136
52.15
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1356
76.64
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
2677.19
122.89
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2696.5
152.4
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5854
268.72
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5793
327.41
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5532
253.94
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4978
281.35
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
0.69
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.945
0.945
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.164
1.164
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1.085
1.085
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.421
1.421
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2247
103.14
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2174
122.87
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1944
89.24
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2217
125.3
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4074
187.01
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3677
207.82
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2747.36
126.11
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2621.55
148.17
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4.31
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
43
2.43
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1249
57.33
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2062
116.54
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
680
31.21
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
1330
75.17
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.22
19.22
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
7.98
7.98
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.84
1.84
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
1.55
1.55
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
292
13.4
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
113
6.39
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.11
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
896
41.13
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
123
6.95
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
9.73
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
117
6.61
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1108
50.86
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
240
13.56
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80.87
80.87
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 600 PA
51.25
51.25

Fielding Stats for Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth

Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2954
4.14
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2436
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
1.02
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19266
27
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6422
9
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6507
9.12
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4787
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.57
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
0.39
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7195
10.08
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5535
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6917
9.69
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5356
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.14
96.14
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.77
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.342
2.342
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.199
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.54
24.54
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.16
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Pitching Stats for Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth

Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.2
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.09
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.69
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.34
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.14
67.14
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.8
90.8
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.79
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.13
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.28
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3664
27
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221.1
9
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.8
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
7.18
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.25
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
3.6
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.21
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
36
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5006
36.89
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
2.93
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
32.4
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4536
33.43
Ty Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Babe Ruth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ty Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Babe Ruth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.89
36.89