BASEBALL PLAYER
Ted Williams
1918 - 2002
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Williams has received more than 6,351,734 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ted Williams is the 11th most popular baseball player (down from 8th in 2019), the 3,891st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,931st in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Baseball Player.
Memorability Metrics
6.4M
Page Views (PV)
52.73
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
2.09
Effective Languages (L*)
4.10
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among BASEBALL PLAYERS
Among baseball players, Ted Williams ranks 11 out of 91. Before him are Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Cy Young, Reggie Jackson, Alexander Cartwright, and Ty Cobb. After him are Ichiro Suzuki, Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, and Yogi Berra.
Most Popular Baseball Players in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLou Gehrig
1903 - 1941
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 5
Hank Aaron
1934 - 2021
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 6
Cy Young
1867 - 1955
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 7
Reggie Jackson
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 8
Alexander Cartwright
1820 - 1892
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 9
Ty Cobb
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 10
Ted Williams
1918 - 2002
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 11
Ichiro Suzuki
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 12
Roberto Clemente
1934 - 1972
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 13
Mickey Mantle
1931 - 1995
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 14
Barry Bonds
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 15
Willie Mays
1931 - 2024
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 16
Yogi Berra
1925 - 2015
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 17
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1918, Ted Williams ranks 139. Before him are James Aldridge, Cheddi Jagan, Ján Kadár, Jerome Robbins, Jelle Zijlstra, and Suzanne Flon. After him are Bruno Zevi, Jay Wright Forrester, Kazuo Sakamaki, Anatoly Tarasov, Georgios Rallis, and María Mercader. Among people deceased in 2002, Ted Williams ranks 138. Before him are Yves Robert, Leo McKern, Ernst Stojaspal, Aileen Riggin, Ibn al-Khattab, and Yevgeny Svetlanov. After him are B. D. Jatti, Ramón Grosso, Vitaly Solomin, Arno Peters, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and Masakatsu Miyamoto.
Others Born in 1918
Go to all RankingsJames Aldridge
WRITER
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 133
Cheddi Jagan
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1997
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 134
Ján Kadár
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 1979
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 135
Jerome Robbins
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 1998
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 136
Jelle Zijlstra
POLITICIAN
1918 - 2001
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 137
Suzanne Flon
ACTOR
1918 - 2005
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 138
Ted Williams
BASEBALL PLAYER
1918 - 2002
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 139
Bruno Zevi
ARCHITECT
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 140
Jay Wright Forrester
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1918 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 141
Kazuo Sakamaki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1918 - 1999
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 142
Anatoly Tarasov
SOCCER PLAYER
1918 - 1995
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 143
Georgios Rallis
POLITICIAN
1918 - 2006
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 144
María Mercader
ACTOR
1918 - 2011
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 145
Others Deceased in 2002
Go to all RankingsYves Robert
ACTOR
1920 - 2002
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 132
Leo McKern
ACTOR
1920 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 133
Ernst Stojaspal
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 2002
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 134
Aileen Riggin
SWIMMER
1906 - 2002
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 135
Ibn al-Khattab
EXTREMIST
1969 - 2002
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 136
Yevgeny Svetlanov
CONDUCTOR
1928 - 2002
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 137
Ted Williams
BASEBALL PLAYER
1918 - 2002
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 138
B. D. Jatti
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 139
Ramón Grosso
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 2002
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 140
Vitaly Solomin
ACTOR
1941 - 2002
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 141
Arno Peters
HISTORIAN
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 142
Jean-Paul Riopelle
PAINTER
1923 - 2002
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 143
Masakatsu Miyamoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - 2002
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 144
In United States
Among people born in United States, Ted Williams ranks 3,891 out of 20,380. Before him are Greg Kinnear (1963), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), William Stewart Halsted (1852), Paul Reiser (1957), John Marley (1907), and Donald P. Bellisario (1935). After him are Lenny Bruce (1925), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), John Garfield (1913), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), and Leslie Jones (1967).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsGreg Kinnear
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 3,885
Ira Sprague Bowen
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1973
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 3,886
William Stewart Halsted
PHYSICIAN
1852 - 1922
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 3,887
Paul Reiser
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 3,888
John Marley
ACTOR
1907 - 1984
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 3,889
Donald P. Bellisario
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 3,890
Ted Williams
BASEBALL PLAYER
1918 - 2002
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 3,891
Lenny Bruce
COMEDIAN
1925 - 1966
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 3,892
Peter Lamborn Wilson
PHILOSOPHER
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 3,893
Jay Wright Forrester
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1918 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 3,894
John Garfield
ACTOR
1913 - 1952
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 3,895
Edward Feigenbaum
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 3,896
Leslie Jones
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 3,897
Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States
Among baseball players born in United States, Ted Williams ranks 10. Before him are Lou Gehrig (1903), Hank Aaron (1934), Cy Young (1867), Reggie Jackson (1946), Alexander Cartwright (1820), and Ty Cobb (1886). After him are Mickey Mantle (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), Willie Mays (1931), Yogi Berra (1925), Sandy Koufax (1935), and Nolan Ryan (1947).
Lou Gehrig
1903 - 1941
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 4
Hank Aaron
1934 - 2021
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 5
Cy Young
1867 - 1955
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 6
Reggie Jackson
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 7
Alexander Cartwright
1820 - 1892
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 8
Ty Cobb
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 9
Ted Williams
1918 - 2002
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 10
Mickey Mantle
1931 - 1995
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 11
Barry Bonds
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 12
Willie Mays
1931 - 2024
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 13
Yogi Berra
1925 - 2015
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 14
Sandy Koufax
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 15
Nolan Ryan
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 16