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Greg Maddux

1966 - Today

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Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966), also known as "Mad Dog" and "the Professor," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs. He won the 1995 World Series with the Braves over the Cleveland Indians. Maddux was the first pitcher in MLB history to win the Cy Young Award four consecutive years (1992–1995), matched by only one other pitcher, Randy Johnson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Greg Maddux has received more than 4,001,518 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Greg Maddux is the 46th most popular baseball player (down from 36th in 2019), the 12,549th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,884th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Greg Maddux ranks 46 out of 91. Before him are Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Hank Greenberg, Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, and Yu Darvish. After him are David Ortiz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hyun-jin Ryu, Pedro Martínez, Miguel Cabrera, and Koji Uehara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Greg Maddux ranks 491. Before him are David Diop, Luc Leblanc, Tibor Navracsics, Sholban Kara-ool, Dimitris Lyacos, and Yelena Nikolayeva. After him are Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Bernd Dreher, Zahn McClarnon, Fehaid Al-Deehani, Marina Klimova, and Alfred Nijhuis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Greg Maddux ranks 12,549 out of 20,380. Before him are George Barnes (1892), Cathy Lee Crosby (1944), Nicole Eggert (1972), The Boogeyman (1964), Cliff Hagan (1931), and Cynthia Weil (1940). After him are John Breckinridge (1760), David Paterson (1954), Darby Stanchfield (1971), Morgan Woodward (1925), Madeline Manning (1948), and Dorothy Phillips (1889).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Greg Maddux ranks 35. Before him are Bob Gibson (1935), Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), Hank Greenberg (1911), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), and Derek Jeter (1974). After him are Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Mike Trout (1991), Justin Verlander (1983), Mookie Betts (1992), Max Scherzer (1984), and Aaron Judge (1992).

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