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Cy Young

1867 - 1955

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Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the National League's Cleveland Spiders and pitched for them until 1898. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cy Young has received more than 2,238,101 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Cy Young is the 7th most popular baseball player, the 2,616th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,870th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Cy Young ranks 7 out of 74Before him are Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, and Hank Aaron. After him are Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle, Alexander Cartwright, Roberto Clemente, and Yogi Berra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Cy Young ranks 61Before him are Hiranuma Kiichirō, Sister Nivedita, Henri Gouraud, Carl Laemmle, Emil Krebs, and Adam Stefan Sapieha. After him are Hjalmar Johansen, Kristian Birkeland, Marie Krøyer, Gutzon Borglum, Julien Benda, and Louise, Princess Royal. Among people deceased in 1955, Cy Young ranks 58Before him are Otto Braun, Alfréd Hajós, Hubert Cecil Booth, Antanas Merkys, Robert W. Wood, and Tin Ujević. After him are Olga Khokhlova, Adolfo de la Huerta, Ivan Šubašić, Arthur Tansley, Konstantin Hierl, and Edward Kasner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cy Young ranks 2,616 out of 18,182Before him are George Antheil (1900), Chester Carlson (1906), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), Annie Edson Taylor (1838), Michael Cunningham (1952), and Michael H. Hart (1932). After him are Ronnie Spector (1943), Steve Fossett (1944), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Sal Mineo (1939), Brittany Murphy (1977), and Ned Beatty (1937).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Cy Young ranks 6Before him are Babe Ruth (1895), Joe DiMaggio (1914), Jackie Robinson (1919), Lou Gehrig (1903), and Hank Aaron (1934). After him are Ted Williams (1918), Ty Cobb (1886), Mickey Mantle (1931), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Yogi Berra (1925), and Willie Mays (1931).