BASEBALL PLAYER

Ernie Banks

1931 - 2015

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Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernie Banks has received more than 1,494,224 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernie Banks is the 39th most popular baseball player, the 11,306th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,482nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ernie Banks ranks 39 out of 91. Before him are Carl Yastrzemski, Bob Gibson, Curt Schilling, Mariano Rivera, Hideki Matsui, and Sammy Sosa. After him are Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Hank Greenberg, Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, and Yu Darvish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ernie Banks ranks 563. Before him are Clifford Jordan, Arne Nordheim, Thane Baker, Isidore Mankofsky, Werner Israel, and Bassano Staffieri. After him are Teresa Brewer, Thomas Shardelow, Marisa Del Frate, Robert Fowler, István Hevesi, and Tom Wilson. Among people deceased in 2015, Ernie Banks ranks 461. Before him are Kim Fowley, Josefa Francisco, Justin Wilson, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Nek Chand, and Eduardo Bonvallet. After him are Amelia Boynton Robinson, Marisa Del Frate, Hitoshi Saito, Robert La Caze, Jim Loscutoff, and Brian Friel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Banks ranks 11,306 out of 20,380. Before him are Stacey Kent (1965), Rulon Gardner (1971), David Singmaster (1938), Alyssa Diaz (1985), Kyle Busch (1985), and Gilbert Colgate (1899). After him are David Chokachi (1968), Teresa Brewer (1931), Ralph Sampson (1960), Jacqueline Barton (1952), Zoe Kazan (1983), and Karyn Parsons (1966).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Ernie Banks ranks 31. Before him are Mark McGwire (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Tom Seaver (1944), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), and Curt Schilling (1966). After him are Hank Greenberg (1911), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Derek Jeter (1974), Greg Maddux (1966), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), and Mike Trout (1991).

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