BASEBALL PLAYER

Satchel Paige

1906 - 1982

Photo of Satchel Paige

Icon of person Satchel Paige

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A right-handed pitcher, Paige first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926. He began his professional baseball career in 1926 with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League and became one of the most famous and successful players from the Negro leagues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Satchel Paige is the 26th most popular baseball player (up from 27th in 2019), the 9,300th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,631st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Satchel Paige by language

Loading...

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Satchel Paige ranks 26 out of 91. Before him are Roger Maris, Walter Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, Reggie Jackson, Stan Musial, and Frank Robinson. After him are Rogers Hornsby, Roger Clemens, Mariano Rivera, Tom Seaver, Mark McGwire, and Derek Jeter.

Most Popular Baseball Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Satchel Paige ranks 365. Before him are Cai Chusheng, Gerardo Romero, Richard Lawrence, Ernst Krebs, Richard Llewellyn, and Betty Bronson. After him are Clark Clifford, Dunc Gray, Buddy Adler, Pat O'Callaghan, Toni Ulmen, and Vera Maretskaya. Among people deceased in 1982, Satchel Paige ranks 262. Before him are Josef Maleček, Walt Ader, Virginia Bruce, Phyllis Covell, Salvador Sánchez, and Claudio Barrientos. After him are Dieter Borsche, Stanley Holloway, Leo Losert, Boris Chirkov, John Cody, and Hércules de Miranda.

Others Born in 1906

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1982

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Satchel Paige ranks 9,302 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Blumenthal (1946), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Jason Segel (1980), Sean Parker (1979), Warren Zevon (1947), and T. C. Boyle (1948). After him are Marty Riessen (1941), Amiri Baraka (1934), Dean Cundey (1946), Tracy Austin (1962), Clark Clifford (1906), and Adelaide Ames (1900).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Satchel Paige ranks 23. Before him are Roger Maris (1934), Walter Johnson (1887), Alex Rodriguez (1975), Reggie Jackson (1946), Stan Musial (1920), and Frank Robinson (1935). After him are Rogers Hornsby (1896), Roger Clemens (1962), Tom Seaver (1944), Mark McGwire (1963), Derek Jeter (1974), and Cal Ripken Jr. (1960).

American born Baseball Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous