BASEBALL PLAYER

Walter Johnson

1887 - 1946

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Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "the Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Johnson has received more than 1,505,897 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Walter Johnson is the 24th most popular baseball player (down from 22nd in 2019), the 7,838th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,683rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Walter Johnson ranks 24 out of 91. Before him are Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan, Roger Maris, Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, and Stan Musial. After him are Roger Clemens, Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, Mark McGwire, Rogers Hornsby, and Hideo Nomo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Walter Johnson ranks 232. Before him are Carl Ebert, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Monte Blue, Ahmet Haşim, Erich Hecke, and Arvo Ylppö. After him are Carl Blegen, Jack Conway, Patrick O'Connell, George Abbott, Walter Janssen, and Giuseppe Domenichelli. Among people deceased in 1946, Walter Johnson ranks 198. Before him are Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Teodor Shteingel, Cornelius Johnson, Holger Thiele, Joseph Stella, and Mary Alden. After him are Ferdinand Boberg, León Cortés Castro, Hendrik Adamson, Slim Summerville, Arthur Dove, and Boris Lisunov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Johnson ranks 7,838 out of 20,380. Before him are Elisabeth Moss (1982), John Kundla (1916), Paul Costello (1894), Stan Musial (1920), Tina Knowles (1954), and Julian Castro (1974). After him are Julieta Venegas (1970), Tom Peters (1942), Helen Gallagher (1926), Dick Durbin (1944), Carl Blegen (1887), and Sidney Verba (1932).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Walter Johnson ranks 21. Before him are Sandy Koufax (1935), Nolan Ryan (1947), Roger Maris (1934), Randy Johnson (1963), Alex Rodriguez (1975), and Stan Musial (1920). After him are Roger Clemens (1962), Frank Robinson (1935), Satchel Paige (1906), Mark McGwire (1963), Rogers Hornsby (1896), and Tom Seaver (1944).

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