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Bob Gibson

1935 - 2020

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Robert Gibson (born Pack 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 2,168,352 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bob Gibson is the 33rd most popular baseball player (down from 29th in 2019), the 9,156th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,667th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Bob Gibson ranks 33 out of 74. Before him are Frank Robinson, Rogers Hornsby, Mark McGwire, Carl Yastrzemski, Tom Seaver, and Mariano Rivera. After him are Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, Greg Maddux, Derek Jeter, Hank Greenberg, and Ernie Banks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bob Gibson ranks 400. Before him are Ivan Calin, Leonid Potapov, Claude Esteban, Donald Arnold, Mary Oliver, and Philip Agee. After him are Boris Stenin, Justin Francis Rigali, Susan Brownmiller, Peter de Klerk, Adnan Badran, and Yola Ramírez. Among people deceased in 2020, Bob Gibson ranks 565. Before him are Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Dennis Ralston, Boris Plotnikov, Stephen F. Cohen, Tom Seaver, and Christian Poncelet. After him are Pedro Pablo León, Tony Dunne, Volodymyr Troshkin, Otto Leodolter, Ali Mirzaei, and Wojciech Zabłocki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Gibson ranks 9,156 out of 18,182. Before him are James Morrison (1954), Mardy Fish (1981), Commodore Cochran (1902), Stipe Miocic (1982), Mary Philbin (1902), and Cleve Moler (1939). After him are Avril Haines (1969), Alvah Bessie (1904), Mildred Cohn (1913), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Neil Abercrombie (1938), and Sally Struthers (1947).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Bob Gibson ranks 29. Before him are Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Mark McGwire (1963), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), and Tom Seaver (1944). After him are Greg Maddux (1966), Derek Jeter (1974), Hank Greenberg (1911), Ernie Banks (1931), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), and Cal Ripken Jr. (1960).

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