Tigers replace Cobb as manager with umpire George Moriarty
On November 3, 1926, Ty Cobb resigns as manager of the Detroit Tigers after a 79-75 season and announces his retirement as a player. Early in 1927, Cobb will sign a one-year contract with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia A’s and return as a player hitting .357.
It will later be revealed that Cobb’s resignation in Detroit, as well as Tris Speaker’s in Cleveland, is due to a gambling scandal that the two players are involved in. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis will exonerate both players. Detroit names umpire George Moriarty as their manager, Moriarty, a former player, had also been a scout, and becomes the first man to play, umpire, and manage in the big leagues.
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