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Moe Berg

1902 - 1972

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Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, though he was never more than an average player and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball." Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball." Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, spoke several languages, and regularly read ten newspapers a day. His reputation as an intellectual was fueled by his successful appearances as a contestant on the radio quiz show Information Please, in which he answered questions about the etymology of words and names from Greek and Latin, historical events in Europe and the Far East, and ongoing international conferences. As a spy working for the government of the United States, Berg traveled to Yugoslavia to gather intelligence on resistance groups which the U.S. government was considering supporting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moe Berg is the 1,894th most popular military personnel (up from 1,902nd in 2019), the 9,247th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,944th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Moe Berg ranks 1,894 out of 2,058. Before him are Elmo Zumwalt, James Stockdale, Augustin Bizimungu, Mikhail Mizintsev, Juan de Salcedo, and Nathan Hale. After him are John André, Sterling Price, Reginald Wingate, Albert Ball, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, and James Joseph Dresnok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Moe Berg ranks 289. Before him are Skip James, Barton MacLane, Leonid Trauberg, Ross Taylor, Koloman Sokol, and Brian Aherne. After him are Fred Tootell, Pua Kealoha, Leo Losert, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Maria Polydouri, and Russinho. Among people deceased in 1972, Moe Berg ranks 229. Before him are Boris Livanov, Henry Dreyfuss, Colin Munro MacLeod, Martin Schröttle, Emma P. Carr, and François Devries. After him are Adriaan Fokker, Józef Lange, John Berryman, Betty Blythe, Wesley Ruggles, and Warren Kealoha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Moe Berg ranks 9,249 out of 20,380. Before him are Dianne Reeves (1956), Edward Arnold (1890), Bobby Heenan (1944), Peter Mark Richman (1927), Sidney Blackmer (1895), and Austin St. John (1974). After him are Melinda Clarke (1969), James Chapin (1889), Zach Galligan (1964), Mac Miller (1992), Richie Ramone (1957), and Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Moe Berg ranks 143. Before him are Michael Mullen (1946), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), James Stockdale (1923), and Nathan Hale (1755). After him are Sterling Price (1809), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), William Alexander Morgan (1928), William T. Anderson (1839), Alexander Patch (1889), and Lyman Lemnitzer (1899).

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