Ty Cobb Stealing Home Details by Baseball Almanac

Ty Cobb Stealing Home

How productive was Ty Cobb and why does he hold so many Major League records? Take a look at all of his fifty-four Fabulous Feats in the chart below and you will have a better understanding.

Each successful swipe of home plate is another run scored — and each one, in and of itself, is completely amazing. Here is a complete breakdown of Ty Cobb's thefts of home - fifty with the Detroit Tigers and four with the Philadelphia Athletics.

"When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy." - Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (and Major League record holder for stealing home plate)

Home Plate Swipes Ty Cobb
SB	Date	Description
1	06-29-1907	Double Steal
2	07-05-1907	Double Steal
3	06-23-1908	Double Steal
4	09-24-1908	Double Steal
5	09-27-1908	Double Steal
6	05-13-1909	Stole Home Alone
7	06-16-1909	Double Steal
8	07-22-1909	Double Steal
9	05-30-1910	Stole Home Alone
10	08-16-1910	Stole Home Alone
11	10-05-1910	Stole Home Alone
12	04-18-1911	Double Steal
13	05-01-1911	Stole Home Alone
14	05-12-1911	Stole Home Alone
15	07-12-1911	Stole Home Alone
16	08-18-1911	Triple Steal
17	04-20-1912	Double Steal
18	05-01-1912	Stole Home Alone
19	05-13-1912	Double Steal
20	06-21-1912	Double Steal
21	07-01-1912	Double Steal
22	07-04-1912	Double Steal
23	08-01-1912	Stole Home Alone
24	09-06-1912	Double Steal
25	04-30-1913	Stole Home Alone
26	05-18-1913	Stole Home Alone
27	05-20-1913	Stole Home Alone
28	09-15-1913	Double Steal
29	06-09-1914	Double Steal
30	04-28-1915	Triple Steal
31	06-04-1915	Stole Home Alone
32	06-09-1915	Stole Home Alone
33	06-18-1915	Triple Steal
34	06-23-1915	Stole Home Alone
35	08-23-1916	Stole Home Alone
36	09-26-1917	Stole Home Alone
37	07-09-1918	Double Steal
38	08-23-1919	Triple Steal
39	05-18-1920	Stole Home Alone
40	09-18-1920	Double Steal
41	09-19-1920	Stole Home Alone
42	06-09-1921	Double Steal
43	09-16-1921	Stole Home Alone
44	05-08-1922	Double Steal
45	07-26-1922	Stole Home Alone
46	10-02-1923	Double Steal
47	04-22-1924	Double Steal
48	04-27-1924	Stole Home Alone
49	08-10-1924	Stole Home Alone
50	07-03-1926	Stole Home Alone
51	04-19-1927	Triple Steal
52	04-26-1927	Double Steal
53	07-06-1927	Triple Steal
54	06-15-1928	Stole Home Alone
SB	Date	Description

By comparison, Rickey Henderson has stolen home successfully only four times (April 20, 1980, July 19, 1980, June 8, 1982 and July 26, 1982) during his entire career.

Ty Cobb stole second base, third base, and home plate during the same inning four times during his spectacular hall of fame career.

During the 1912 season Ty Cobb successfully stole home eight times setting the single season Major League (and American League) record.

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