BASEBALL PLAYER

Frank Robinson

1935 - 2019

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Frank Robinson (August 31, 1935 – February 7, 2019), nicknamed "The Judge", was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams over 21 seasons: the Cincinnati Reds (1956–1965), Baltimore Orioles (1966–1971), Los Angeles Dodgers (1972), California Angels (1973–1974), and Cleveland Indians (1974–1976). In 1975, Robinson became the first Black manager in big-league history, as the player-manager of the Indians. The only player to be named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), Robinson was named the NL MVP after leading the Cincinnati Reds to the pennant in 1961 and was named the AL MVP in 1966 with the Baltimore Orioles after winning the Triple Crown; Robinson's 49 home runs (HR) that year tied for the most by any AL player between 1962 and 1989, and stood as a franchise record for 30 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Robinson has received more than 2,109,445 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Robinson is the 26th most popular baseball player (up from 27th in 2019), the 8,557th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,864th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Frank Robinson ranks 26 out of 91. Before him are Roger Maris, Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, Stan Musial, Walter Johnson, and Roger Clemens. After him are Satchel Paige, Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, Hideo Nomo, Shohei Ohtani, and Tom Seaver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Frank Robinson ranks 426. Before him are Andrew Viterbi, José Antonio Labordeta, Waldemar Baszanowski, Rinchen Barsbold, Sun Axelsson, and Antal Kiss. After him are Alfredo del Águila, Mal Anderson, Teddy Mayer, Laurynas Stankevičius, Egon Franke, and Veli Lehtelä. Among people deceased in 2019, Frank Robinson ranks 417. Before him are Yvette Williams, King Kong Bundy, Klara Guseva, Stefan Angelov, Carlos Squeo, and Hal Blaine. After him are Therese Zenz, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Nikolai Gorbachev, Heinz Fütterer, Bobby Joe Long, and Wallace Smith Broecker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Robinson ranks 8,557 out of 20,380. Before him are Dudley Nichols (1895), Ron Cephas Jones (1957), Lisa Murkowski (1957), Jena Malone (1984), Parker Posey (1968), and William Ellery Channing (1780). After him are Robert H. Dennard (1932), Paul Bostaph (1964), Marty Robbins (1925), Bob Kurland (1924), Karin Slaughter (1971), and James Broderick (1927).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Frank Robinson ranks 23. Before him are Roger Maris (1934), Randy Johnson (1963), Alex Rodriguez (1975), Stan Musial (1920), Walter Johnson (1887), and Roger Clemens (1962). After him are Satchel Paige (1906), Mark McGwire (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Tom Seaver (1944), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), and Bob Gibson (1935).

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