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Ken Griffey Jr.

1969 - Today

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George Kenneth Griffey Jr. (born November 21, 1969), nicknamed "Junior" and "the Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, along with a short stint with the Chicago White Sox. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Griffey Jr. has received more than 6,508,707 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ken Griffey Jr. is the 43rd most popular baseball player (down from 42nd in 2019), the 12,139th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,126th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ken Griffey Jr.s by language

Over the past year Ken Griffey Jr. has had the most page views in the with 956,849 views, followed by Japanese (155,398), and Spanish (27,756). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (213.74%), Malagasy (108.16%), and Egyptian Arabic (103.07%)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ken Griffey Jr. ranks 43 out of 91. Before him are Hideki Matsui, Sammy Sosa, Ernie Banks, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, and Hank Greenberg. After him are Derek Jeter, Yu Darvish, Greg Maddux, David Ortiz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Hyun-jin Ryu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Ken Griffey Jr. ranks 503. Before him are Martín Vázquez, Wood Harris, Nino Salukvadze, Norio Omura, Hudson Leick, and David Douillet. After him are Fermín Cacho, Aunjanue Ellis, Süleyman Soylu, Ilke Wyludda, Viktor Petrenko, and Torri Higginson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Griffey Jr. ranks 12,139 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Watson (1974), Monty Woolley (1888), Jim Wynorski (1950), Marjorie Main (1890), Tim Van Patten (1959), and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905). After him are Finn Wittrock (1984), Maribel Vinson (1911), Lionel Shriver (1957), Christian Clemenson (1958), Byron Nelson (1912), and Julie Carmen (1954).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Ken Griffey Jr. ranks 33. Before him are Tom Seaver (1944), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), and Hank Greenberg (1911). After him are Derek Jeter (1974), Greg Maddux (1966), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Mike Trout (1991), Justin Verlander (1983), and Mookie Betts (1992).

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