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Hyun-jin Ryu

1987 - Today

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Hyun-jin Ryu (Korean: 류현진; Hanja: 柳賢振; Korean pronunciation: [ȴu.çʌndʑin]; born March 25, 1987) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League. He has also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. In 2013, after spending seven seasons with the Eagles, he became the first player from the KBO to join an MLB team via the posting system. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hyun-jin Ryu has received more than 1,362,884 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hyun-jin Ryu is the 54th most popular baseball player (down from 50th in 2019), the 635th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 506th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Hyun-jin Ryu ranks 54 out of 74. Before him are Koji Uehara, Yu Darvish, Curt Schilling, Justin Verlander, Robinson Canó, and Mike Trout. After him are Johan Santana, Zack Greinke, José Altuve, Kirby Puckett, Roy Halladay, and José Bautista.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Hyun-jin Ryu ranks 381. Before him are Danny Green, Sebastian Boenisch, Ángel Rodríguez, Saara Aalto, Thomas Dekker, and Amanda Knox. After him are Arnd Peiffer, Robert Farah, Tsvetana Pironkova, Bray Wyatt, José Luis Morales, and Marcelo Grohe.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Hyun-jin Ryu ranks 635 out of 944. Before him are Hyolyn (1990), Choi Young-jae (1996), Go Ah-sung (1992), Kim Jin-su (1992), Lee Seung-woo (1998), and Nam Sang-mi (1984). After him are Jang Mi-ran (1983), Lee Kyung-keun (1962), Jin Jong-oh (1979), Choi Dae-shik (1965), Jung Eun-chae (1986), and Kim Soo-nyung (1971).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In South Korea

Among baseball players born in South Korea, Hyun-jin Ryu ranks 1. 

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