BASEBALL PLAYER

Rogers Hornsby

1896 - 1963

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Rogers Hornsby (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926, 1933), New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929–1932), and St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rogers Hornsby has received more than 1,102,982 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Rogers Hornsby is the 29th most popular baseball player (down from 28th in 2019), the 8,982nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,058th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 3.36

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Rogers Hornsby ranks 29 out of 91. Before him are Stan Musial, Walter Johnson, Roger Clemens, Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, and Mark McGwire. After him are Hideo Nomo, Shohei Ohtani, Tom Seaver, Carl Yastrzemski, Bob Gibson, and Curt Schilling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Rogers Hornsby ranks 233. Before him are Kim Iryeop, Horacio Muñoz, Marie Prevost, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Priscilla Dean, and Ella Hall. After him are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Arthur Tell Schwab, Uberto De Morpurgo, Howard Hanson, Józef Kałuża, and Simon Barere. Among people deceased in 1963, Rogers Hornsby ranks 197. Before him are Jorge Daponte, ZaSu Pitts, Eric Carlberg, Ivan Brown, Lloyd Fredendall, and Louis Ségura. After him are Georgy Ushakov, Hugh Gaitskell, Franco Comotti, Otto Fickeisen, Herbert H. Lehman, and Alma Richards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rogers Hornsby ranks 8,982 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony Wayne (1745), Bruce Abbott (1954), Robert Ripley (1890), Jon Tenney (1961), Christopher Connelly (1941), and Henry Hobson Richardson (1838). After him are Claire McDowell (1877), Clarence White (1944), William D'Amico (1910), Cal Tjader (1925), R. B. Kitaj (1932), and Stacy Valentine (1970).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Rogers Hornsby ranks 26. Before him are Stan Musial (1920), Walter Johnson (1887), Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), Satchel Paige (1906), and Mark McGwire (1963). After him are Tom Seaver (1944), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), and Hank Greenberg (1911).

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