BASEBALL PLAYER

Derek Jeter

1974 - Today

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Derek Sanderson Jeter ( JEE-tər; born June 26, 1974), nicknamed "the Captain", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, businessman, and baseball executive. As a player, Jeter spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2020; he received 396 of 397 possible votes, the second-highest percentage in MLB history (behind only teammate Mariano Rivera) and the highest by a position player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derek Jeter has received more than 15,461,532 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Derek Jeter is the 44th most popular baseball player (down from 37th in 2019), the 12,200th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,137th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Derek Jeter ranks 44 out of 91. Before him are Sammy Sosa, Ernie Banks, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Hank Greenberg, and Ken Griffey Jr.. After him are Yu Darvish, Greg Maddux, David Ortiz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hyun-jin Ryu, and Pedro Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Derek Jeter ranks 351. Before him are Barry Watson, Baitullah Mehsud, Argel Fucks, Stephen Wiltshire, Andrei Pavel, and Charlie Yeung. After him are Diego López, Nelly Ciobanu, Daniel Negreanu, Dominic Raab, Eric Millegan, and Chad Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Derek Jeter ranks 12,200 out of 20,380. Before him are Meagen Fay (1957), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Dorothy Ashby (1932), Mike James (1990), Ralph Lewis (1872), and Martha Hudson (1939). After him are Rosanne Cash (1955), Cara Williams (1925), Naomi Grossman (1975), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922), and Jacob Lawrence (1917).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Derek Jeter ranks 34. Before him are Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), Hank Greenberg (1911), and Ken Griffey Jr. (1969). After him are Greg Maddux (1966), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Mike Trout (1991), Justin Verlander (1983), Mookie Betts (1992), and Max Scherzer (1984).

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