Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | |
| 1999 | 15 | |
| 2000 | 20 | |
| 2001 | 13 | |
| 2002 | 21 | |
| 2003 | 23 | |
| 2004 | 48 | |
| 2005 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 25 | |
| 2007 | 26 | |
| 2008 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 28 | |
| 2011 | 32 | |
| 2012 | 36 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 15 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Adrián Beltré ranks #30 in Baseball
Adrián Beltré ranks 30th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 343rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 84, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1998–2018 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career hits 3166, career home runs 477, gold gloves 5, all-star selections 4.
Immediately ahead sits Carl Yastrzemski on 87.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Tris Speaker on 88.4. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Adrián Beltré GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Beltré stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Beltré comparisons
Adrián Beltré — frequently asked
- Is Adrián Beltré the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Adrián Beltré ranks 30th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Adrián Beltré's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Adrián Beltré rank all time?
- 343rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Baseball.
- Adrián Beltré vs Carl Yastrzemski: who ranks higher?
- Carl Yastrzemski, on 87.4 against Adrián Beltré's 87.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.