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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), primarily with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Clemens 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 All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, more than any other pitcher in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Clemens has received more than 3,172,654 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Roger Clemens is the 28th most popular baseball player (down from 26th in 2019), the 8,013th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,866th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 56.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Roger Clemens ranks 28 out of 70. Before him are Stan Musial, Randy Johnson, Rogers Hornsby, Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson, and Carl Yastrzemski. After him are Bob Gibson, Derek Jeter, Tom Seaver, Mariano Rivera, Hank Greenberg, and Ernie Banks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Roger Clemens ranks 272. Before him are Viola Amherd, Vincent Spano, Nélson Luís Kerchner, Donato Gama da Silva, Rob Morrow, and Daphne Zuniga. After him are Juan Atkins, Laura San Giacomo, Lisa Randall, Elvira Lindo, The Proclaimers, and Uwe Hohn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Clemens ranks 8,013 out of 15,968. Before him are Bill Moseley (1951), Sheila E. (1957), Mr. Lawrence (1969), Eric Trump (1984), Warren Frost (1925), and Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884). After him are Frederick Schule (1879), ASAP Rocky (1988), Mick Garris (1951), Max Weinberg (1951), George Lynch (1954), and Scott Ian (1963).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Roger Clemens ranks 25. Before him are Stan Musial (1920), Randy Johnson (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Frank Robinson (1935), Reggie Jackson (1946), and Carl Yastrzemski (1939). After him are Bob Gibson (1935), Derek Jeter (1974), Tom Seaver (1944), Hank Greenberg (1911), Ernie Banks (1931), and Mark McGwire (1963).

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