BASEBALL PLAYER

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 3,634,479 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Cal Ripken Jr. is the 53rd most popular baseball player (down from 47th in 2019), the 13,853rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,121st in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 53 out of 91. Before him are David Ortiz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hyun-jin Ryu, Pedro Martínez, Miguel Cabrera, and Koji Uehara. After him are Mike Trout, Robinson Canó, Justin Verlander, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts, and Kenta Maeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 660. Before him are Adrian Popescu, Pedro Zerolo, Michel Gill, Heorhiy Pohosov, Viktor Manakov, and Wim Koevermans. After him are Marijan Pušnik, Elizabeth Avellán, Ray Bourque, Andrea Thompson, Karl Erjavec, and Philippe Omnès.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 13,853 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Carmack (1980), Grace VanderWaal (2004), Mark Deklin (1967), Dot Jones (1964), Lesley Bush (1947), and Sandy Berger (1945). After him are Rob McElhenney (1977), Chuck Share (1927), Adam Nelson (1975), Jon Oliva (1959), Valerie Thomas (1943), and Irwin Keyes (1952).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Cal Ripken Jr. ranks 36. Before him are Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), Hank Greenberg (1911), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Derek Jeter (1974), and Greg Maddux (1966). After him are Mike Trout (1991), Justin Verlander (1983), Mookie Betts (1992), Max Scherzer (1984), Aaron Judge (1992), and Kirby Puckett (1960).

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