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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 1,347,446 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hyun-jin Ryu is the 49th most popular baseball player (up from 54th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from South Korea (up from 629th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hyun-jin Ryus by language

Over the past year Hyun-jin Ryu has had the most page views in the with 152,560 views, followed by Japanese (144,671), and Korean (125,586). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (374.54%), Simple English (212.27%), and Mongolian (62.56%)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Hyun-jin Ryu ranks 49 out of 91. Before him are Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, Yu Darvish, Greg Maddux, David Ortiz, and Daisuke Matsuzaka. After him are Pedro Martínez, Miguel Cabrera, Koji Uehara, Cal Ripken Jr., Mike Trout, and Robinson Canó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Hyun-jin Ryu ranks 243. Before him are Arijit Singh, Kim Young-kwang, Liu Shishi, Darin Zanyar, Joss Stone, and Atsumi Tanezaki. After him are Luka Šulić, Tamzin Merchant, Masami Nagasawa, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Mario Suárez, and Elnur Hüseynov.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Hyun-jin Ryu ranks 563 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Nam-il (1977), Kim Young-gwon (1990), Zico (1992), Kim Young-ha (1968), Song Chong-gug (1979), and Lee Hong-gi (1990). After him are Park Ji-yeon (1993), Go Kyung-pyo (1990), Kim Min-jung (1982), Kim Kwang-sun (1964), Jeong Yu-mi (1984), and Gummy (1981).

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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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