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Bob Gibson

1935 - 2020

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Robert Gibson (November 9, 1935 – October 2, 2020), nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. Known for his fiercely competitive nature, Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 strikeouts, and a 2.91 earned run average. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Gibson has received more than 2,332,364 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bob Gibson is the 34th most popular baseball player (down from 33rd in 2019), the 10,148th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,137th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Bob Gibson ranks 34 out of 91. Before him are Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, Hideo Nomo, Shohei Ohtani, Tom Seaver, and Carl Yastrzemski. After him are Curt Schilling, Mariano Rivera, Hideki Matsui, Sammy Sosa, Ernie Banks, and Albert Pujols.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bob Gibson ranks 479. Before him are Judy Parfitt, Trevor Blokdyk, Kazimierz Paździor, Leonid Potapov, Charles Grimes, and Ronnie Hawkins. After him are Väinö Huhtala, Alfredo Torres, Irma P. Hall, Gabriel Elorde, Walter Mahlendorf, and Takashi Ishimoto. Among people deceased in 2020, Bob Gibson ranks 641. Before him are Saroj Khan, Luciano Federici, Leonid Potapov, Ernesto Canto, Yawovi Agboyibo, and Dennis Ralston. After him are Gilberto Penayo, Folke Alnevik, Péter Marót, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Constand Viljoen, and Kurt Stettler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Gibson ranks 10,148 out of 20,380. Before him are Dorothy Comingore (1913), Shirley Mason (1901), Marceline Day (1908), Jerry Bock (1928), Robert Byrne (1928), and Peter Orlovsky (1933). After him are Charles Sands (1865), Eubie Blake (2), Alex Grey (1953), Scott Baio (1960), Annabeth Gish (1971), and Ailee (1989).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Bob Gibson ranks 29. Before him are Frank Robinson (1935), Satchel Paige (1906), Mark McGwire (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Tom Seaver (1944), and Carl Yastrzemski (1939). After him are Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), Hank Greenberg (1911), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Derek Jeter (1974), and Greg Maddux (1966).

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