BASEBALL PLAYER

Yogi Berra

1925 - 2015

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Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (born Lorenzo Pietro Berra; May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–1963, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player—more than any other player in MLB history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yogi Berra has received more than 6,483,011 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Yogi Berra is the 17th most popular baseball player (down from 13th in 2019), the 5,495th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,535th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Baseball Player.

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  • 32

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  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Yogi Berra ranks 17 out of 91Before him are Ted Williams, Ichiro Suzuki, Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, and Willie Mays. After him are Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan, Roger Maris, Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, and Stan Musial.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Yogi Berra ranks 282Before him are Francisco Rodrigues, Charles Mackerras, Antoine Duhamel, Simone Segouin, Gazi Yaşargil, and Veikko Hakulinen. After him are Virginia E. Johnson, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Geir Hallgrímsson, Isidore Isou, Gustav Winckler, and Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo. Among people deceased in 2015, Yogi Berra ranks 251Before him are Angelo Anquilletti, Klaus Rifbjerg, Peter Dickinson, Giacomo Biffi, Vlastimil Bubník, and Phil Woods. After him are László Paskai, Bülent Ulusu, Karl-Erik Palmér, Oleg Bryjak, Roberto Tucci, and Veijo Meri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yogi Berra ranks 5,495 out of 20,380Before him are Harold Hotelling (1895), Michael Dell (1965), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Adam Brody (1979), Phil Woods (1931), and Amy Brenneman (1964). After him are Hart Crane (1899), Martha Jefferson (1748), Ishi (1860), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), and John Larroquette (1947).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Yogi Berra ranks 14Before him are Alexander Cartwright (1820), Ty Cobb (1886), Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), and Willie Mays (1931). After him are Sandy Koufax (1935), Nolan Ryan (1947), Roger Maris (1934), Randy Johnson (1963), Alex Rodriguez (1975), and Stan Musial (1920).