BASEBALL PLAYER

Satchel Paige

1906 - 1982

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Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A right-handed pitcher, Paige first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satchel Paige has received more than 3,461,148 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Satchel Paige is the 27th most popular baseball player (down from 24th in 2019), the 8,632nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,056th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Satchel Paige ranks 27 out of 91. Before him are Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, Stan Musial, Walter Johnson, Roger Clemens, and Frank Robinson. After him are Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, Hideo Nomo, Shohei Ohtani, Tom Seaver, and Carl Yastrzemski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Satchel Paige ranks 348. Before him are Käthe Krauss, Snorri Hjartarson, Bukka White, Andrei Abrikosov, Alberto Soria, and Vera Maretskaya. After him are Hans Mock, Steve Anderson, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Alberto Denegri, Willy Ley, and Bruce Bennett. Among people deceased in 1982, Satchel Paige ranks 242. Before him are Phyllis Covell, Ruth First, Boris Chirkov, Marty Robbins, James Broderick, and Marco Cimatti. After him are Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Gerard Wodarz, Walt Ader, Josef Maleček, Hans Mock, and Sheikh Abdullah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Satchel Paige ranks 8,632 out of 20,380. Before him are Leslie Bibb (1974), Ruth Chatterton (1892), RZA (1969), Pinto Colvig (1892), Boyd Holbrook (1981), and Stephanie McMahon (1976). After him are John Madden (1936), Jim Elliot (1927), Michael Steele (1955), Forrest Tucker (1919), Jerry O'Connell (1974), and Arto Lindsay (1953).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Satchel Paige ranks 24. Before him are Randy Johnson (1963), Alex Rodriguez (1975), Stan Musial (1920), Walter Johnson (1887), Roger Clemens (1962), and Frank Robinson (1935). After him are Mark McGwire (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Tom Seaver (1944), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), and Curt Schilling (1966).

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