BASEBALL PLAYER

Kirby Puckett

1960 - 2006

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Kirby Puckett (March 14, 1960 – March 6, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Minnesota Twins (1984–1995). Puckett was instrumental in helping the Twins to win World Series championships in 1987 and 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kirby Puckett has received more than 2,368,899 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kirby Puckett is the 64th most popular baseball player (down from 58th in 2019), the 16,616th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,838th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Kirby Puckett ranks 64 out of 91. Before him are Mookie Betts, Kenta Maeda, Max Scherzer, José Altuve, Johan Santana, and Aaron Judge. After him are Giancarlo Stanton, Tim Lincecum, Jim Thome, Roy Halladay, José Bautista, and Stephen Strasburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kirby Puckett ranks 797. Before him are Alexi Grewal, Matt K. Miller, Akinobu Osako, Kurt Busiek, Lisa Martin, and Ye Jiangchuan. After him are Fat Lever, Bob Casey Jr., Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Michèle Flournoy, Tim Pawlenty, and Mark Gorski. Among people deceased in 2006, Kirby Puckett ranks 414. Before him are Chris Heunis, Francisco Javier Toledo, Muhammadu Maccido, Fritz Klein, Charles E. Brady Jr., and Mohamed Abdelwahab. After him are Nilton Pereira Mendes, Elson Becerra, Ana Carolina Reston, Chun Wei Cheung, and Rafael Quintero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kirby Puckett ranks 16,616 out of 20,380. Before him are Andy Biersack (1990), Clifford Robinson (1966), Hollie Stevens (1982), Ricky Pierce (1959), LeToya Luckett (1981), and Kyle Dake (1991). After him are Chris Vrenna (1967), Joelle Carter (1972), Desmond Armstrong (1964), Ted Haggard (1956), Corina Morariu (1978), and Chris Murphy (1973).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Kirby Puckett ranks 42. Before him are Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Mike Trout (1991), Justin Verlander (1983), Mookie Betts (1992), Max Scherzer (1984), and Aaron Judge (1992). After him are Giancarlo Stanton (1989), Tim Lincecum (1984), Jim Thome (1970), Roy Halladay (1977), Stephen Strasburg (1988), and Zack Greinke (1983).

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