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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 2,968,210 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Yastrzemski is the 33rd most popular baseball player (down from 30th in 2019), the 10,047th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,653rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 33 out of 91. Before him are Satchel Paige, Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, Hideo Nomo, Shohei Ohtani, and Tom Seaver. After him are Bob Gibson, Curt Schilling, Mariano Rivera, Hideki Matsui, Sammy Sosa, and Ernie Banks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 532. Before him are Bernie Casey, Marino Perani, R. D. Burman, Barbara Askins, Mavis Staples, and Royce D. Applegate. After him are Terry Paine, Mary Peters, Margaret Drabble, Dorothy Shirley, Vitali Davydov, and Jan Szczepański.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 10,047 out of 20,380. Before him are Carlos Alazraqui (1962), Mike Vogel (1979), Howard Zieff (1927), George Maharis (1928), Jay Hernandez (1978), and Mike Campbell (1950). After him are Gloria Hendry (1949), David Simon (1960), Peter Matthiessen (1927), Darren McGavin (1922), Scott Foley (1972), and Mitch Lucker (1984).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Carl Yastrzemski ranks 28. Before him are Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), Satchel Paige (1906), Mark McGwire (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), and Tom Seaver (1944). After him are Bob Gibson (1935), Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), Hank Greenberg (1911), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), and Derek Jeter (1974).

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