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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. Berra had a career batting average of .285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yogi Berra is the 15th most popular baseball player (up from 17th in 2019), the 5,550th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,494th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Yogi Berra ranks 15 out of 91. Before him are Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, and Barry Bonds. After him are Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Roger Maris, and Walter Johnson.

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Among people born in 1925, Yogi Berra ranks 260. Before him are Raymond Impanis, Harry Guardino, Veikko Hakulinen, Lennart Bergelin, Vojtěch Jasný, and Don Alden Adams. After him are Konrad Wolf, Otto Muehl, Ernst Neizvestny, Seymour Cray, Henning Larsen, and Gordon George Avery. Among people deceased in 2015, Yogi Berra ranks 231. Before him are Fred Thompson, Jean-Claude Turcotte, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Robert Manzon, Miroslav Ondříček, and Beau Biden. After him are Vlastimil Bubník, Józef Oleksy, Alex Rocco, Klaus Rifbjerg, Pino Daniele, and Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yogi Berra ranks 5,550 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Visconti (1944), Nate Thurmond (1941), Charles Demuth (1883), Sara Teasdale (1884), John Carroll Lynch (1963), and Lauryn Hill (1975). After him are W. Averell Harriman (1891), Peter Jacobson (1965), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Tom Brady (1977), Russell M. Nelson (1924), and T.J. Miller (1981).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Yogi Berra ranks 13. Before him are Alexander Cartwright (1820), Ty Cobb (1886), Willie Mays (1931), Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), and Barry Bonds (1964). After him are Sandy Koufax (1935), Nolan Ryan (1947), Randy Johnson (1963), Roger Maris (1934), Walter Johnson (1887), and Alex Rodriguez (1975).

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