Ty Cobb was a baseball player.
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit , Michigan . In baseball statistics , an error is an act , in the judgment of the official scorer , of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to advance one or more bases or allows an at bat to continue after the batter should have been put out . Ty Cobb . Cobb ranks fifth all-time in number of games played and committed 271 errors , the most by any American League ( AL ) outfielder .