MILITARY PERSONNEL

Moe Berg

1902 - 1972

Photo of Moe Berg

Icon of person Moe Berg

Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, though he was never more than an average player and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball." Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball." Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, spoke several languages, and regularly read ten newspapers a day. His reputation as an intellectual was fueled by his successful appearances as a contestant on the radio quiz show Information Please, in which he answered questions about the etymology of words and names from Greek and Latin, historical events in Europe and the Far East, and ongoing international conferences. As a spy working for the government of the United States, Berg traveled to Yugoslavia to gather intelligence on resistance groups which the U.S. government was considering supporting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moe Berg has received more than 3,234,501 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Moe Berg is the 1,900th most popular military personnel (down from 1,433rd in 2019), the 8,942nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,543rd in 2019) and the 146th most popular American Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Moe Berg ranks 1,900 out of 2,058. Before him are John Dill, Andrei Sukhovetsky, Bakht Khan, Henry Wirz, Pierre Bosquet, and Carl Gustav Fleischer. After him are Frank Buckles, Anthony Wayne, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Heinrich Hax, Lewis Armistead, and Juan de Salcedo.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Moe Berg ranks 287. Before him are Ann Harding, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Paul Sturzenegger, Lloyd Nolan, Barton MacLane, and Hans Pulver. After him are Maria Polydouri, Walter Slezak, Guillermo Riveros, Mary Miles Minter, Alexey Gribov, and Commodore Cochran. Among people deceased in 1972, Moe Berg ranks 223. Before him are Caesar ten Cate, Werner Klingler, Colin Munro MacLeod, Mary Frizzell, Yuri Linnik, and Yevgeni Babich. After him are Franciska Gaal, Per Bertilsson, Betty Blythe, Brian Donlevy, Jaap Mol, and Herbert Hübner.

Others Born in 1902

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1972

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Moe Berg ranks 8,942 out of 20,380. Before him are Eleanor Boardman (1898), Steven Saylor (1956), Billy Corgan (1967), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1957), Max Weinberg (1951), and Mike Dirnt (1972). After him are Avram Davidson (1923), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Helen Wainwright (1906), Horatio Fitch (1900), Spike Jones (1911), and Edward Abbey (1927).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Moe Berg ranks 146. Before him are Eugene Bullard (1895), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Chesty Puller (1898), and Lloyd Fredendall (1883). After him are Frank Buckles (1901), Anthony Wayne (1745), Lewis Armistead (1817), John Abizaid (1951), James Stockdale (1923), and Eddie Rickenbacker (1890).

American born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous