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Buster Posey

1987 - Today

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Gerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey III (born March 27, 1987) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He spent his entire twelve-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the San Francisco Giants, from 2009 until his retirement at the conclusion of the 2021 season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buster Posey has received more than 3,030,318 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Buster Posey is the 81st most popular baseball player (down from 69th in 2019), the 18,029th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,689th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Buster Poseys by language

Over the past year Buster Posey has had the most page views in the with 283,842 views, followed by Japanese (50,264), and Chinese (7,528). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (140.23%), Egyptian Arabic (24.64%), and Finnish (23.06%)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Buster Posey ranks 81 out of 91. Before him are Ryan Howard, Joey Votto, Mark Teixeira, Bryce Harper, Adrián González, and Dustin Pedroia. After him are Evan Longoria, Josh Hamilton, David Price, Prince Fielder, Josh Donaldson, and Melky Cabrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Buster Posey ranks 935. Before him are Oussama Darragi, Matthias Bachinger, Simone Corsi, Anna Donáth, Jonas Holøs, and Blaž Kavčič. After him are Ahmed Adly, Patrizia Kummer, Kyle Lafferty, Kenny de Schepper, Tomás Pina, and Humpy Koneru.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buster Posey ranks 18,029 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Douglas (1951), Matthew Quick (1973), Madison De La Garza (2001), Greg Anthony (1967), Lacey Sturm (1981), and Allen West (1961). After him are Mark Foley (1954), Megan Young (1990), Kevin Schmidt (1988), Low Ki (1979), Brian Kendrick (1979), and Paul W. Richards (1964).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Buster Posey ranks 56. Before him are Johnny Damon (1973), Ryan Howard (1979), Mark Teixeira (1980), Bryce Harper (1992), Adrián González (1982), and Dustin Pedroia (1983). After him are Evan Longoria (1985), Josh Hamilton (1981), David Price (1985), Prince Fielder (1984), Josh Donaldson (1985), and David Wright (1982).

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