1907 World Series 1907 World Series The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none (with one tie) for their first championship. The Cubs came back strong from their shocking loss in the 1906 World Series. The Tigers' young star Ty Cobb came into the Series with the first of his many league batting championships. With pitching dominance over the Tigers and Cobb, the Cubs allowed only three runs in the four games they won, while stealing 18 bases off the rattled Tigers. Tigers pitcher "Wild Bill" Donovan struck out
Ty Cobb of a Royston, Georgia, man who had stored them in a book for almost 100 years.. The new baseball stadium at Hampden–Sydney College is named Ty Cobb Ballpark. The band Soundgarden recorded a song "Ty Cobb" in the album "Down on the Upside" in 1996. However, the song wasn't actually written about Ty Cobb, it was given the name because the lyrics reminded their bassist Ben Shepherd of him. Celtic-Punk band Flatfoot 56 composed and recorded a song about Ty Cobb as a part of their album "Odd Boat" released in March 2017. Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb were teammates