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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 1,379,852 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernie Banks is the 39th most popular baseball player (down from 34th in 2019), the 10,505th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,535th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ernie Banks ranks 39 out of 74Before him are Bob Gibson, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, Greg Maddux, Derek Jeter, and Hank Greenberg. After him are Daisuke Matsuzaka, Pedro Martínez, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, and David Ortiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ernie Banks ranks 475Before him are Dean Smith, Gloria Talbott, Thane Baker, Marisa Del Frate, Andrija Fuderer, and John Kerr. After him are Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Wallace Smith Broecker, Maxine Singer, Anne Heywood, Bruce Halford, and Tadeusz Rut. Among people deceased in 2015, Ernie Banks ranks 426Before him are Marisa Del Frate, Stephan Beckenbauer, Eduardo Bonvallet, Robert La Caze, Wendell Ford, and Steve Strange. After him are Stanislav Gross, Peter Kern, Edward Natapei, Sergio Renán, Gerry Byrne, and Andriy Kuzmenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Banks ranks 10,505 out of 18,182Before him are Scott Grimes (1971), Natalie Martinez (1984), James Williamson (1949), Carmelita Geraghty (1901), Krystal Jung (1994), and Marlo Thomas (1937). After him are Daniel Kleppner (1932), Sydney Schanberg (1934), Stuart Pankin (1946), Christa Miller (1964), Laurie Bird (1952), and Ed King (1949).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Ernie Banks ranks 33Before him are Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Tom Seaver (1944), Bob Gibson (1935), Greg Maddux (1966), Derek Jeter (1974), and Hank Greenberg (1911). After him are Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Curt Schilling (1966), Justin Verlander (1983), Mike Trout (1991), and Zack Greinke (1983).