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Ty Cobb

1886 - 1961

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Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American professional baseball center fielder. A native of rural Narrows, Georgia, Cobb played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent 22 years with the Detroit Tigers and served as the team's player-manager for the last six, and he finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ty Cobb has received more than 5,775,866 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ty Cobb is the 10th most popular baseball player (down from 9th in 2019), the 3,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,960th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 5.8M

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  • 52.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ty Cobb ranks 10 out of 91. Before him are Sadaharu Oh, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Cy Young, Reggie Jackson, and Alexander Cartwright. After him are Ted Williams, Ichiro Suzuki, Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, and Willie Mays.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ty Cobb ranks 141. Before him are Rash Behari Bose, Delmira Agustini, Robert Hennet, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Al Jolson, and Edgar Rubin. After him are Maithili Sharan Gupt, Chester Barnard, Kurt Hahn, Saburō Kurusu, Hella Wuolijoki, and Ernst May. Among people deceased in 1961, Ty Cobb ranks 77. Before him are Arnold Gesell, Václav Talich, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Edith Wilson, Joseph M. Schenck, and Princess Dagmar of Denmark. After him are Chester Barnard, Marion Davies, Cuno Amiet, Otto Ruge, Suryakant Tripathi, and Sergio Osmeña.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ty Cobb ranks 3,789 out of 20,380. Before him are Nikki Haley (1972), Gordon Gould (1920), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Isiah Thomas (1961), Harriet Lane (1830), and Wanda Jackson (1937). After him are John Perkins (1945), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Sarah Paulson (1974), Bernie Mac (1957), Jim Croce (1943), and Thomas Newman (1955).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Ty Cobb ranks 9. Before him are Jackie Robinson (1919), Lou Gehrig (1903), Hank Aaron (1934), Cy Young (1867), Reggie Jackson (1946), and Alexander Cartwright (1820). After him are Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), Willie Mays (1931), Yogi Berra (1925), and Sandy Koufax (1935).

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