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Vin Scully

1927 - Today

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Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster. He was best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was located in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016. Scully's tenure with the Dodgers was the longest of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he was second only to Tommy Lasorda (by two years) in terms of number of years associated with the Dodgers organization in any capacity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vin Scully has received more than 2,846,380 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Vin Scully is the 6,134th most popular writer (down from 5,555th in 2019), the 12,853rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,385th in 2019) and the 957th most popular Writer.

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  • 2.8M

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  • 36.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vin Scully ranks 6,134 out of 5,755. Before him are Faye Kellerman, Brené Brown, Marie Darrieussecq, Ken Liu, Carol Ann Duffy, and David Sedaris. After him are Robert Bridges, Shirley Ann Grau, Parveen Shakir, Miro Gavran, Sebastian Faulks, and Wolf Haas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vin Scully ranks 426. Before him are John Dankworth, Leslie Claudius, Ted Burgin, Bill Slater, Sylvia Fedoruk, and Lois Nettleton. After him are Kirti Nidhi Bista, Slim Dusty, Norman Petty, Dick Hyman, Barbara Cook, and Eddie Sachs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vin Scully ranks 12,853 out of 18,182. Before him are Bryan Greenberg (1978), Nate Mendel (1968), Sheryl Lee Ralph (1956), Mariann Aalda (1948), Drake Bell (1986), and Jeff Flake (1962). After him are John Hensley (1977), Jace Norman (2000), Michael Weston (1973), James Clapper (1941), Larry Hogan (1956), and Holly Holm (1981).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Vin Scully ranks 957. Before him are Justin Cronin (1962), Alex Hirsch (1985), Michael Arndt (1970), Faye Kellerman (1952), Brené Brown (1965), and David Sedaris (1956). After him are Shirley Ann Grau (1929), Leonard Maltin (1950), Audrey Niffenegger (1963), Mercy Otis Warren (1728), Katherine Schwarzenegger (1989), and Patrick Ness (1971).

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