BASEBALL PLAYER

Tom Seaver

1944 - 2020

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George Thomas Seaver (November 17, 1944 – August 31, 2020), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox from 1967 to 1986. Commonly described as the most iconic player in Mets history, Seaver played a significant role in their victory in the 1969 World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. With the Mets, Seaver won the National League's (NL) Rookie of the Year Award in 1967, and won three NL Cy Young Awards as the league's best pitcher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Seaver has received more than 2,992,627 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Seaver is the 32nd most popular baseball player (down from 31st in 2019), the 9,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,079th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 51.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Tom Seaver ranks 32 out of 91. Before him are Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, Hideo Nomo, and Shohei Ohtani. After him are Carl Yastrzemski, Bob Gibson, Curt Schilling, Mariano Rivera, Hideki Matsui, and Sammy Sosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Tom Seaver ranks 620. Before him are Carl I. Hagen, José Urruzmendi, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Geoffrey Hughes, Neil Innes, and Igor Tselovalnikov. After him are Henri Weber, Amol Palekar, Miguel Mejía Barón, Annie Famose, Jack Casady, and Tibor Tatai. Among people deceased in 2020, Tom Seaver ranks 605. Before him are José Jiménez Lozano, MF Doom, Adam Musiał, Walt Davis, Victor Chizhikov, and Christian Poncelet. After him are Mário da Graça Machungo, Kristina Lugn, Henri Weber, Enrique Múgica, Jim Marurai, and Larry Kramer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Seaver ranks 9,729 out of 20,380. Before him are Gardner Fox (1911), Cristin Milioti (1985), Roger Kingdom (1962), Billy Beane (1962), Norman Johnson (1930), and Alison Sudol (1984). After him are Steven R. Nagel (1946), Cleve Moler (1939), W. S. Merwin (1927), Neal H. Moritz (1959), John Hodiak (1914), and Elmo Zumwalt (1920).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Tom Seaver ranks 27. Before him are Walter Johnson (1887), Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), Satchel Paige (1906), Mark McGwire (1963), and Rogers Hornsby (1896). After him are Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), Curt Schilling (1966), Ernie Banks (1931), Hank Greenberg (1911), and Ken Griffey Jr. (1969).

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