BASEBALL PLAYER

Roger Clemens

1962 - Today

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William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. He was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average (ERA), and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time MLB All-Star and two-time World Series champion, Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Clemens has received more than 4,760,801 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Clemens is the 25th most popular baseball player (up from 26th in 2019), the 8,158th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,568th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Roger Clemens ranks 25 out of 91. Before him are Nolan Ryan, Roger Maris, Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, Stan Musial, and Walter Johnson. After him are Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, Hideo Nomo, and Shohei Ohtani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Roger Clemens ranks 322. Before him are Martin Wuttke, Timo Soini, Anvar Chingizoglu, Claire Voisin, Andrei Panin, and Gilby Clarke. After him are Volker Weidler, Fernando Martín Espina, Nia Vardalos, Héctor Enrique, Gene Anthony Ray, and Nabil Maâloul.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Clemens ranks 8,158 out of 20,380. Before him are Karen Silkwood (1946), Lewis Wilson (1920), Jake Roberts (1955), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), Jill Stein (1950), and Jason Kidd (1973). After him are Bill Moseley (1951), Keegan-Michael Key (1971), Amy Acker (1976), Mac Wilkins (1950), John P. Kennedy (1795), and William Wilson Morgan (1906).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Roger Clemens ranks 22. Before him are Nolan Ryan (1947), Roger Maris (1934), Randy Johnson (1963), Alex Rodriguez (1975), Stan Musial (1920), and Walter Johnson (1887). After him are Frank Robinson (1935), Satchel Paige (1906), Mark McGwire (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Tom Seaver (1944), and Carl Yastrzemski (1939).

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