BASEBALL PLAYER

Roger Maris

1934 - 1985

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Roger Eugene Maris (born Maras; September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985) was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961. Maris played in the minor leagues from 1953 to 1956, and made his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Maris has received more than 3,679,790 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Maris is the 20th most popular baseball player (up from 21st in 2019), the 7,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,270th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 3.7M

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  • 47.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Roger Maris ranks 20 out of 91. Before him are Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, and Nolan Ryan. After him are Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, Stan Musial, Walter Johnson, Roger Clemens, and Frank Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Roger Maris ranks 371. Before him are Ole Madsen, Hellmuth Karasek, Ilaria Occhini, Joseph Bologna, Eddy Pieters Graafland, and Lee Friedlander. After him are Anne Osborn Krueger, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, Helena Almeida, Tom Heinsohn, Jim Hutton, and Chuck McCann. Among people deceased in 1985, Roger Maris ranks 189. Before him are Jo Jones, Ina Claire, Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald, Carmen Barth, Paul Peter Ewald, and William Stevenson. After him are Hilding Rosenberg, Rudolf Gnägi, Ilka Gedő, Uku Masing, Božo Broketa, and Maya Kristalinskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Maris ranks 7,007 out of 20,380. Before him are Billie Dove (1903), Peter Fleming (1955), Lee Friedlander (1934), Jack LaLanne (1914), Samantha Fox (1950), and Pretty Boy Floyd (1904). After him are Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), Lillian Copeland (1904), Anne Osborn Krueger (1934), James Juvenal (1874), and Byron Haskin (1899).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Roger Maris ranks 17. Before him are Mickey Mantle (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), Willie Mays (1931), Yogi Berra (1925), Sandy Koufax (1935), and Nolan Ryan (1947). After him are Randy Johnson (1963), Alex Rodriguez (1975), Stan Musial (1920), Walter Johnson (1887), Roger Clemens (1962), and Frank Robinson (1935).

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