ATHLETE

Tris Speaker

1888 - 1958

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Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1907 to 1928. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of .345 (ninth all-time). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tris Speaker has received more than 752,396 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tris Speaker is the 2,016th most popular athlete (down from 1,402nd in 2019), the 11,388th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,212th in 2019) and the 351st most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tris Speaker ranks 2,016 out of 6,025. Before him are Wilson Kiprugut, Nadezhda Ilyina, Wiesław Rudkowski, Yelena Slesarenko, DeHart Hubbard, and Mario Tullio Montano. After him are Dieter Grahn, Friedrich Maurer, Valentina Sidorova, Paul Martin, Vittorio Tamagnini, and Olga Nazarova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Tris Speaker ranks 265. Before him are Tryggve Gran, Christian Gitsham, Walther Penck, Jack Holt, Harold Hardwick, and Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim. After him are Miles Mander, Miles Malleson, Nils Silfverskiöld, Asaf Ali, Chandrashekhar Agashe, and Monty Woolley. Among people deceased in 1958, Tris Speaker ranks 191. Before him are Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Charles F. Kettering, Vilhelm Wolfhagen, Alfred Probst, Pat O'Connor, and Walter Crickmer. After him are Friedrich Maurer, Mary Ritter Beard, Harold Smith, David Jack, James Branch Cabell, and Russell Mockridge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tris Speaker ranks 11,388 out of 20,380. Before him are Heather Hunter (1969), Matthew Morrison (1978), Stephen Walt (1955), Nick Cannon (1980), Chris Weitz (1969), and James Toney (1968). After him are Naomi Wolf (1962), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915), Percy Lavon Julian (1899), Dawn Olivieri (1981), Allison Anders (1954), and Samuel Chase (1741).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Tris Speaker ranks 351. Before him are Jim Ryun (1947), Gilbert Colgate (1899), James Dunbar (1930), Kenny Harrison (1965), Horace Ashenfelter (1923), and DeHart Hubbard (1903). After him are George Dole (1885), Rod Milburn (1950), Greg Bell (1930), James Corson (1906), Félix Sánchez (1977), and Milt Campbell (1933).

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