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Shohei Ohtani

1994 - Today

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Shohei Ohtani (Japanese: 大谷 翔平, Hepburn: Ōtani Shōhei, pronounced [oːtaɲi ɕoːheː]; born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter (DH) for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shohei Ohtani has received more than 14,343,374 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Shohei Ohtani is the 31st most popular baseball player (up from 46th in 2019), the 1,510th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,678th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Shohei Ohtani ranks 31 out of 91. Before him are Roger Clemens, Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, and Hideo Nomo. After him are Tom Seaver, Carl Yastrzemski, Bob Gibson, Curt Schilling, Mariano Rivera, and Hideki Matsui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Shohei Ohtani ranks 53. Before him are Yerry Mina, Saúl Ñíguez, Vitalik Buterin, Iñaki Williams, Federico Bernardeschi, and Yussuf Poulsen. After him are Maluma, Daniil Kvyat, Elina Svitolina, Corentin Tolisso, Jackson Wang, and Domenico Berardi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shohei Ohtani ranks 1,510 out of 6,245. Before him are Atsuji Miyahara (1958), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), Hideo Nomo (1968), Masaaki Kato (1958), Takeshi Kawaharazuka (1975), and Gen Urobuchi (1972). After him are Kiyohiko Azuma (1968), Masako Yoshida (1957), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Kamui Kobayashi (1986), Hiroki Sakai (1990), and Akihiko Hoshide (1968).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Shohei Ohtani ranks 4. Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), and Hideo Nomo (1968). After him are Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Koji Uehara (1975), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Kenta Maeda (1988).

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