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Carl Yastrzemski

1939 - Today

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Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr. ( yə-STREM-skee; born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He started his career primarily as a left fielder, but also played 33 games as a third baseman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Yastrzemski has received more than 2,711,858 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Yastrzemski is the 30th most popular baseball player (down from 27th in 2019), the 8,671st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,808th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 30 out of 74Before him are Satchel Paige, Stan Musial, Roger Clemens, Frank Robinson, Rogers Hornsby, and Mark McGwire. After him are Tom Seaver, Mariano Rivera, Bob Gibson, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, and Greg Maddux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 446Before him are Steny Hoyer, Bruno Habārovs, Erwin Teufel, Yoshinobu Miyake, Jaroslav Walter, and Mavis Staples. After him are Murray Rose, Hildrun Laufer-Claus, Yaakov Neeman, Barbara Askins, Pierluigi Pizzaballa, and Francisco Mendes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 8,671 out of 18,182Before him are Mavis Staples (1939), Christy Walton (1949), Peggy Fleming (1948), Ben Lyon (1901), Lee Unkrich (1967), and Jaime King (1979). After him are Donald H. Peterson (1933), Cindy Williams (1947), Sam Jones (1924), The Game (1979), James Foley (1973), and John Munro Longyear (1850).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 27Before him are Satchel Paige (1906), Stan Musial (1920), Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), Rogers Hornsby (1896), and Mark McGwire (1963). After him are Tom Seaver (1944), Bob Gibson (1935), Greg Maddux (1966), Derek Jeter (1974), Hank Greenberg (1911), and Ernie Banks (1931).