BASEBALL PLAYER

Alexander Cartwright

1820 - 1892

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Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. (April 17, 1820 – July 12, 1892) was a founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in the 1840s. Although he was an inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball", the importance of his role in the development of the game may have been exaggerated. The rules of the modern game were long considered to have been based on the Knickerbocker Rules developed in 1845 by Cartwright and a committee from the Knickerbockers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Cartwright is the 8th most popular baseball player (up from 9th in 2019), the 3,633rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,459th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Alexander Cartwright ranks 8 out of 91. Before him are Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, Cy Young, and Hank Aaron. After him are Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, and Barry Bonds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Alexander Cartwright ranks 34. Before him are Émile Augier, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Jeanne Duval, Eugène Fromentin, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, and Afanasy Fet. After him are Anna Sewell, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Reinhart Dozy, Arvid Posse, Georg Curtius, and Maria Severa Onofriana. Among people deceased in 1892, Alexander Cartwright ranks 43. Before him are Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Charles Lavigerie, Afanasy Fet, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, and Carlo Cafiero. After him are Bernhard Windscheid, Jan Czerski, Enrico Betti, Anthon van Rappard, Abdyl Frashëri, and Theodor Meynert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Cartwright ranks 3,633 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Bunche (1904), Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), Dylan McDermott (1961), Harold Perrineau (1963), Tyler, the Creator (1991), and Geoffrey Lewis (1935). After him are Morris Swadesh (1909), Maxie Long (1878), George Koval (1913), Royal Rife (1888), John Anderson (1907), and Barry Manilow (1943).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Alexander Cartwright ranks 7. Before him are Joe DiMaggio (1914), Babe Ruth (1895), Jackie Robinson (1919), Lou Gehrig (1903), Cy Young (1867), and Hank Aaron (1934). After him are Ty Cobb (1886), Willie Mays (1931), Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), and Yogi Berra (1925).

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