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Cal Ripken Jr.

1960 - Today

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Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "the Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his position's most productive offensive players, Ripken compiled 3,184 hits, 431 home runs, and 1,695 runs batted in during his career, and he won two Gold Glove Awards for his defense. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cal Ripken Jr. has received more than 3,321,165 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Cal Ripken Jr. is the 47th most popular baseball player (down from 44th in 2019), the 12,148th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,652nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 47 out of 74. Before him are Pedro Martínez, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, David Ortiz, and Shohei Ohtani. After him are Koji Uehara, Yu Darvish, Curt Schilling, Justin Verlander, Robinson Canó, and Mike Trout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 538. Before him are Adnan Terzić, Stuart Hamm, Allen Chastanet, Patrice Garande, Tommy Nilsson, and Yuri Shargin. After him are David Bateson, Roma Downey, Jeff Bergman, Perrine Pelen, Nahed Hattar, and Stephan Engels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 12,148 out of 18,182. Before him are Clarence DeMar (1888), Tina Majorino (1985), Richard Kelly (1975), Marcell Jacobs (1994), Illeana Douglas (1965), and Charles Shyer (1951). After him are Peter Goldreich (1939), Earl Young (1941), Benjamin Walker (1982), Lina Basquette (1907), Randall Thompson (1899), and Ernest Moniz (1944).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 35. Before him are Bob Gibson (1935), Greg Maddux (1966), Derek Jeter (1974), Hank Greenberg (1911), Ernie Banks (1931), and Ken Griffey Jr. (1969). After him are Curt Schilling (1966), Justin Verlander (1983), Mike Trout (1991), Zack Greinke (1983), Kirby Puckett (1960), and Roy Halladay (1977).

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