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  1.                                  career for more than half a
  2.                                  century. (Those records 
  3.                                  now belong to Rickey
  4.                                  Henderson.) Ty remains
  5.                                  the all-time leader in
  6.                                  stealing home, with 35. 
  7.  
  8. In his 24-year career (most of which was
  9. with the Detroit Tigers), Ty led the American
  10. League in hitting 12 times. He hit at least
  11. .320 for 23 straight years. And heΓÇÖs the only
  12. American Leaguer to hit .400 or better in
  13. three different seasons. His best season
  14. was 1911, when he had his career high .420
  15. batting average. That season, he led the
  16. league in every offensive category except 
  17. home runs. 
  18.  
  19. As a member of the Tigers, Ty was part