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Mark McGwire

1963 - Today

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Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2001 for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He won two World Series championships, one with Oakland as a player in 1989 and one with St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark McGwire has received more than 4,862,777 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mark McGwire is the 29th most popular baseball player (up from 36th in 2019), the 8,521st most popular biography from United States (up from 9,711th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Mark McGwire ranks 29 out of 74Before him are Randy Johnson, Satchel Paige, Stan Musial, Roger Clemens, Frank Robinson, and Rogers Hornsby. After him are Carl Yastrzemski, Tom Seaver, Mariano Rivera, Bob Gibson, Sammy Sosa, and Manny Ramirez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Mark McGwire ranks 343Before him are John Bercow, Hiroaki Hirata, Stanley Menzo, Luca Cadalora, Russell Wong, and Spud Webb. After him are Carmen Machi, Voro, Thomas Brezina, Chris Mullin, Lisa Rinna, and Lori Petty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark McGwire ranks 8,521 out of 18,182Before him are Anthony Braxton (1945), Ray Anthony (1922), Megan Mullally (1958), Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947), Spud Webb (1963), and Thomas Watson Jr. (1914). After him are Jimmy Iovine (1953), Logan Lerman (1992), Alexi Lalas (1970), Mr. Marcus (1970), Mitzi Gaynor (1931), and Karl Rove (1950).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Mark McGwire ranks 26Before him are Randy Johnson (1963), Satchel Paige (1906), Stan Musial (1920), Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), and Rogers Hornsby (1896). After him are Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Tom Seaver (1944), Bob Gibson (1935), Greg Maddux (1966), Derek Jeter (1974), and Hank Greenberg (1911).