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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 1,024,562 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Rogers Hornsby is the 28th most popular baseball player (down from 24th in 2019), the 8,074th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,470th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 17

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Rogers Hornsby ranks 28 out of 74. Before him are Walter Johnson, Randy Johnson, Satchel Paige, Stan Musial, Roger Clemens, and Frank Robinson. After him are Mark McGwire, Carl Yastrzemski, Tom Seaver, Mariano Rivera, Bob Gibson, and Sammy Sosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Rogers Hornsby ranks 209. Before him are José Vidal, Luiz Vinhaes, Miles Dempsey, George Parker, Kim Iryeop, and Enrique Hertzog. After him are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Walter Breuning, José Naya, Lawrence Tibbett, and Virgil Thomson. Among people deceased in 1963, Rogers Hornsby ranks 173. Before him are Benno Moiseiwitsch, Eric Carlberg, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Georgy Ushakov, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, and Reinier Beeuwkes. After him are Oscar Olson, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Donald Piper, ZaSu Pitts, Clifford Odets, and Alma Richards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rogers Hornsby ranks 8,074 out of 18,182. Before him are Alan Reed (1907), Robert Christgau (1942), Patrick Kilpatrick (1949), Jada Fire (1976), Leslie Bibb (1974), and Andy Devine (1905). After him are Cornelia Fort (1919), Brad Mehldau (1970), Alfred E. Green (1889), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Bill Hader (1978), and Stubby Kaye (1918).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Rogers Hornsby ranks 25. Before him are Walter Johnson (1887), Randy Johnson (1963), Satchel Paige (1906), Stan Musial (1920), Roger Clemens (1962), and Frank Robinson (1935). After him are Mark McGwire (1963), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Tom Seaver (1944), Bob Gibson (1935), Greg Maddux (1966), and Derek Jeter (1974).

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