1886 - 1961
Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ty Cobb has received more than 5,263,685 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ty Cobb is the 9th most popular baseball player (down from 8th in 2019), the 2,967th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,128th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Baseball Player.
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Among baseball players, Ty Cobb ranks 9 out of 74. Before him are Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, Hank Aaron, Cy Young, and Ted Williams. After him are Mickey Mantle, Alexander Cartwright, Roberto Clemente, Yogi Berra, Willie Mays, and Ichiro Suzuki.
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 3
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 4
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 5
1934 - 2021
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 6
1867 - 1955
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 7
1918 - 2002
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 8
1886 - 1961
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 9
1931 - 1995
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 10
1820 - 1892
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 11
1934 - 1972
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 12
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 13
1931 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 14
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 15
Among people born in 1886, Ty Cobb ranks 103. Before him are Salvatore Maranzano, Helen Parkhurst, Paul Lévy, Yehuda Ashlag, Marthe Bibesco, and Otto von Knobelsdorff. After him are Chester Barnard, Salvador de Madariaga, Tarsila do Amaral, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Ma Rainey, and Ğabdulla Tuqay. Among people deceased in 1961, Ty Cobb ranks 57. Before him are Bulbul, Lucian Blaga, Domenico Tardini, Paul Ramadier, Robert Garrett, and Shigeko Higashikuni. After him are Ludwik Fleck, Chester Barnard, Vanessa Bell, Mihail Sadoveanu, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and Vladimir Sofronitsky.
1886 - 1931
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 97
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 98
1886 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 99
1886 - 1954
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 100
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 101
1886 - 1966
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 102
1886 - 1961
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 103
1886 - 1961
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 104
1886 - 1978
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 105
1886 - 1973
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 106
1886 - 1943
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 107
1886 - 1939
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 108
1886 - 1913
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 109
1897 - 1961
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 51
1895 - 1961
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 52
1888 - 1961
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 53
1888 - 1961
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 54
1875 - 1961
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 55
1925 - 1961
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 56
1886 - 1961
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 57
1896 - 1961
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 58
1886 - 1961
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 59
1879 - 1961
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 60
1880 - 1961
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 61
1890 - 1961
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 62
1901 - 1961
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 63
Among people born in United States, Ty Cobb ranks 2,967 out of 18,182. Before him are Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Charles Napier (1936), Scatman Crothers (1910), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Paul Romer (1955), and George Lincoln Rockwell (1918). After him are Jim Hines (1946), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Babushka Lady (1930), Henry George (1839), Horace Wells (1815), and James Henry Breasted (1865).
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,961
1936 - 2011
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,962
1910 - 1986
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,963
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,964
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,965
1918 - 1967
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,966
1886 - 1961
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,967
1946 - 2023
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,968
1938 - 2011
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,969
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,970
1839 - 1897
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,971
1815 - 1848
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,972
1865 - 1935
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,973
Among baseball players born in United States, Ty Cobb ranks 8. Before him are Joe DiMaggio (1914), Jackie Robinson (1919), Lou Gehrig (1903), Hank Aaron (1934), Cy Young (1867), and Ted Williams (1918). After him are Mickey Mantle (1931), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Yogi Berra (1925), Willie Mays (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), and Nolan Ryan (1947).
1914 - 1999
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 2
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 3
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 4
1934 - 2021
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 5
1867 - 1955
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 6
1918 - 2002
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 7
1886 - 1961
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 8
1931 - 1995
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 9
1820 - 1892
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 10
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 11
1931 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 13
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 14