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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. In 1936, Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes (98.2%); no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ty Cobb is the 9th most popular baseball player (up from 10th in 2019), the 4,087th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,789th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ty Cobb ranks 9 out of 91. Before him are Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, and Alexander Cartwright. After him are Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, and Yogi Berra.

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Among people born in 1886, Ty Cobb ranks 126. Before him are Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Anandyn Amar, Lyuh Woon-hyung, Ma Rainey, José Linhares, and Marthe Bibesco. After him are Jean Hersholt, Rash Behari Bose, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Lucien Gaudin, May Ziade, and Saburō Kurusu. Among people deceased in 1961, Ty Cobb ranks 80. Before him are Valentin Bondarenko, Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Anton Flettner, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, and Mihail Sadoveanu. After him are Václav Talich, Ernest Payne, Elia Dalla Costa, York Bowen, Arnold Gesell, and Constantin Constantinescu-Claps.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ty Cobb ranks 4,087 out of 20,380. Before him are James Mangold (1963), Lucia Berlin (1936), Miley Cyrus (1992), Harold Robbins (1916), Marshall Bell (1942), and Jackie Cooper (1922). After him are Jeannette Rankin (1880), Jo Van Fleet (1915), Bob Pettit (1932), Dave Grusin (1934), Rob Lowe (1964), and Charles Berlitz (1913).

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Among baseball players born in United States, Ty Cobb ranks 8. Before him are Babe Ruth (1895), Jackie Robinson (1919), Lou Gehrig (1903), Cy Young (1867), Hank Aaron (1934), and Alexander Cartwright (1820). After him are Willie Mays (1931), Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), Yogi Berra (1925), and Sandy Koufax (1935).

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