BASEBALL PLAYER

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

1998 - Today

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes. In NPB, Yamamoto was a three-time Pacific League Most Valuable Player, Eiji Sawamura Award, and a three-time Triple Crown winner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshinobu Yamamoto has received more than 851,106 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 57th most popular baseball player, the 2,263rd most popular biography from Japan and the 9th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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  • 35.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 57 out of 91Before him are Miguel Cabrera, Koji Uehara, Cal Ripken Jr., Mike Trout, Robinson Canó, and Justin Verlander. After him are Mookie Betts, Kenta Maeda, Max Scherzer, José Altuve, Johan Santana, and Aaron Judge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 107Before him are Jonathan Ikoné, Lee Seung-woo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cheng Xiao, Trae Young, and Musa Barrow. After him are Miltiadis Tentoglou, Orel Mangala, Altay Bayındır, Amadou Haidara, Alex Král, and Attila Szalai.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 2,263 out of 6,245Before him are Masashi Motoyama (1979), Yuki Furukawa (1987), Ryoko Shiraishi (1982), Yuriko Yoshitaka (1988), Masaki Aiba (1982), and Satoshi Ōtomo (1981). After him are Ai Fukuhara (1988), Yuta Nakamoto (1995), Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993), Kotoko (1980), Atsuko Maeda (1991), and Nozomi Yamago (1975).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 9Before him are Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), and Koji Uehara (1975). After him are Kenta Maeda (1988).