BASEBALL PLAYER

Justin Verlander

1983 - Today

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Justin Brooks Verlander ( VUR-land-ur; born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets. From Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, Verlander attended Old Dominion University (ODU) and played college baseball for the Monarchs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Justin Verlander has received more than 10,551,102 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Justin Verlander is the 56th most popular baseball player (down from 51st in 2019), the 14,846th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,265th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Justin Verlanders by language

Over the past year Justin Verlander has had the most page views in the with 1,437,204 views, followed by Japanese (261,868), and Spanish (46,190). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (56.20%), Simple English (45.83%), and Korean (34.83%)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Justin Verlander ranks 56 out of 91. Before him are Pedro Martínez, Miguel Cabrera, Koji Uehara, Cal Ripken Jr., Mike Trout, and Robinson Canó. After him are Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts, Kenta Maeda, Max Scherzer, José Altuve, and Johan Santana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Justin Verlander ranks 403. Before him are Marko Šuler, Javier Pinola, Jakob Poulsen, Júnior Díaz, Dmitri Sychev, and David Lee. After him are Khetag Gazyumov, Vivian Cheruiyot, Nathalie Péchalat, Daria Werbowy, Sheilla Castro, and Serik Sapiyev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Justin Verlander ranks 14,846 out of 20,380. Before him are Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), Herman Frazier (1954), Scott Davis (1962), Ashley Massaro (1979), David Lee (1983), and Dane Cook (1972). After him are Nils Muižnieks (1964), Tim Shaw (1957), Kirk Baptiste (1963), Madison Iseman (1997), Jeff Flake (1962), and Tom Udall (1948).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Justin Verlander ranks 38. Before him are Hank Greenberg (1911), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Derek Jeter (1974), Greg Maddux (1966), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), and Mike Trout (1991). After him are Mookie Betts (1992), Max Scherzer (1984), Aaron Judge (1992), Kirby Puckett (1960), Giancarlo Stanton (1989), and Tim Lincecum (1984).

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