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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 3,103,391 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Satchel Paige is the 24th most popular baseball player (down from 21st in 2019), the 7,071st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,703rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 45.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Satchel Paige ranks 24 out of 74Before him are Alex Rodriguez, Sandy Koufax, Reggie Jackson, Roger Maris, Walter Johnson, and Randy Johnson. After him are Stan Musial, Roger Clemens, Frank Robinson, Rogers Hornsby, Mark McGwire, and Carl Yastrzemski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Satchel Paige ranks 276Before him are Eino Penttilä, Henry Roth, Édouard Artigas, Alexander Kazantsev, Jacqueline Cochran, and Márcio Melo. After him are Ödön Zombori, Betty Bronson, Galo Plaza, Grigore Moisil, Erwin Geschonneck, and Emília Rotter. Among people deceased in 1982, Satchel Paige ranks 206Before him are Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Pedro Solé, Hércules de Miranda, Raghunath Murmu, Archibald MacLeish, and Vasily Rudenkov. After him are Charles Walters, Erik Larsson, Carmelo Robledo, Arturo Rodríguez, John Gardner, and BP Koirala.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Satchel Paige ranks 7,071 out of 18,182Before him are Megan Boone (1983), William S. Hart (1864), Little Crow (1810), Néstor Carbonell (1967), Carolee Schneemann (1939), and Polly Bergen (1930). After him are David Dastmalchian (1977), Anthony Kennedy (1936), Donna Mills (1940), Brenda Song (1988), Richard H. Truly (1937), and Mae Questel (1908).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Satchel Paige ranks 21Before him are Alex Rodriguez (1975), Sandy Koufax (1935), Reggie Jackson (1946), Roger Maris (1934), Walter Johnson (1887), and Randy Johnson (1963). After him are Stan Musial (1920), Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Mark McGwire (1963), and Carl Yastrzemski (1939).