BASEBALL PLAYER

Mariano Rivera

1969 - Today

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Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", he spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariano Rivera has received more than 4,102,818 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mariano Rivera is the 36th most popular baseball player (down from 32nd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Panama (down from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Mariano Rivera ranks 36 out of 91. Before him are Hideo Nomo, Shohei Ohtani, Tom Seaver, Carl Yastrzemski, Bob Gibson, and Curt Schilling. After him are Hideki Matsui, Sammy Sosa, Ernie Banks, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, and Hank Greenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Mariano Rivera ranks 411. Before him are Suzanne Clément, Alexander Mogilny, Omari Tetradze, Shawn Kemp, Erwin Sánchez, and Luis García Postigo. After him are F. Gary Gray, Andrei Okounkov, Paulo Jr., Tore Pedersen, Cory Booker, and Eduardo Riedel.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Mariano Rivera ranks 35 out of 71. Before him are Julio Dely Valdés (1967), Aristides Royo (1940), Clara González (1898), Luis Tejada (1982), Pablo Arosemena (1836), and Ricardo J. Alfaro (1882). After him are Rosa María Britton (1936), Rolando Blackman (1959), Irving Saladino (1983), Alfredo Anderson (1978), Felipe Baloy (1981), and Jaime Penedo (1981).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Panama

Among baseball players born in Panama, Mariano Rivera ranks 1. 

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