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Someone that a higher percentage of people would be familiar with. While his feat is impressive, it is I'm guessing widely unknown. Perhaps Jordan, Ali, Gretzky

Someone that a higher percentage of people would be familiar with. While his feat is impressive, it is I'm guessing widely unknown. Perhaps Jordan, Ali, Gretzky, Babe Ruth would seem more appropriate. For those not too familiar with cricket, that "average" isn't like a batting average in baseball. While incredibly impressive, it is not equivalent to getting a hit 100% of the time. As for impressive feats above and beyond, Babe Ruth comes to mind. He hit more home runs in a season than many entire teams did at the time.

mattlutze 13y ago
OP apparently isn't from the USA; I'd imagine in OP's cultural context the Bambino is less well known, baseball being a mostly North American sport. Let's not forget we have an international readership here :-)
- clarky07 13y ago
  True, but I suspect the other three are more well known by far more people. If we want to go international, I'd put Pele out there before Mr. Bradman
Untit1ed 13y ago
Babe Ruth? So by "a higher percentage of people" you mean "Americans and few others"
- clarky07 13y ago
  I suspect that Babe Ruth might actually be comparable. People that know a little bit about baseball know him. People that know a little bit about cricket know Bradman. Ali and Jordan on the other hand are pretty much known by everyone. Pele would be another good example.
zem 13y ago
that's pretty american-centric. as an indian i'd say ali was truly world-famous, jordan is well known to my generation due to nba catching on in the 80s but i'm betting a large chunk of my parent's generation wouldn't know him, i only knew about babe ruth from reading american fiction, and i'd pretty much never heard of gretzky until last year.
- adventured 13y ago
  It's obviously American centric because American media has been dominate at a global level for decades. That's the reason so many people know who eg Tiger Woods and Jordan are: American media made them famous to a degree far exceeding their accomplishments. The same holds true in music, movies, tv shows, and so on. Jordan was widely regarded as one of the most famous people on earth for 15 or 20 years. His name is even more famous than his picture. I don't think there's much debate to be had about his global fame frankly. As basketball globalized rapidly in the late 80's / early 90's, it was his image intertwined with it, and it perfectly coincided with the rise of global media.
  - anigbrowl 13y ago
    It's got more to do with the audience for the sport. Golf is played all over the world. On the other hand, a famous American Football quarterback could travel incognito in most of the world, because the international audience for American football is tiny by comparison.
- clarky07 13y ago
  so you have in fact heard of all of them. I think that pretty much proves my point, but I could also throw Pele in there for a non american that is far far more well known than Mr. Bradman.
zodiac 13y ago
> Someone that a higher percentage of people would be familiar with. Actually, given India's huge population, I think it is more likely than not that more people are familiar with cricket than are familiar with baseball. For example - http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/04/04/cricket-world-cup-viewership-tops-world-series-baseball/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/04/04/cricket-wor...

mattlutze 13y ago

OP apparently isn't from the USA; I'd imagine in OP's cultural context the Bambino is less well known, baseball being a mostly North American sport. Let's not forget we have an international readership here :-)

clarky07 13y ago
True, but I suspect the other three are more well known by far more people. If we want to go international, I'd put Pele out there before Mr. Bradman

Untit1ed 13y ago

Babe Ruth? So by "a higher percentage of people" you mean "Americans and few others"

clarky07 13y ago
I suspect that Babe Ruth might actually be comparable. People that know a little bit about baseball know him. People that know a little bit about cricket know Bradman. Ali and Jordan on the other hand are pretty much known by everyone. Pele would be another good example.

zem 13y ago

that's pretty american-centric. as an indian i'd say ali was truly world-famous, jordan is well known to my generation due to nba catching on in the 80s but i'm betting a large chunk of my parent's generation wouldn't know him, i only knew about babe ruth from reading american fiction, and i'd pretty much never heard of gretzky until last year.

adventured 13y ago
It's obviously American centric because American media has been dominate at a global level for decades. That's the reason so many people know who eg Tiger Woods and Jordan are: American media made them famous to a degree far exceeding their accomplishments. The same holds true in music, movies, tv shows, and so on. Jordan was widely regarded as one of the most famous people on earth for 15 or 20 years. His name is even more famous than his picture. I don't think there's much debate to be had about his global fame frankly. As basketball globalized rapidly in the late 80's / early 90's, it was his image intertwined with it, and it perfectly coincided with the rise of global media.
- anigbrowl 13y ago
  It's got more to do with the audience for the sport. Golf is played all over the world. On the other hand, a famous American Football quarterback could travel incognito in most of the world, because the international audience for American football is tiny by comparison.
clarky07 13y ago
so you have in fact heard of all of them. I think that pretty much proves my point, but I could also throw Pele in there for a non american that is far far more well known than Mr. Bradman.

zodiac 13y ago

> Someone that a higher percentage of people would be familiar with. Actually, given India's huge population, I think it is more likely than not that more people are familiar with cricket than are familiar with baseball. For example - http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/04/04/cricket-world-cup-viewership-tops-world-series-baseball/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/04/04/cricket-wor...