Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 4 | |
| 1955 | 27 | |
| 1956 | 18 | |
| 1957 | 23 | |
| 1958 | 16 | |
| 1959 | 27 | |
| 1960 | 15 | |
| 1961 | 19 | |
| 1962 | 29 | |
| 1963 | 27 | |
| 1964 | 17 | |
| 1965 | 18 | |
| 1966 | 29 | |
| 1967 | 25 | |
| 1968 | 10 | |
| 1969 | 21 | |
| 1970 | 16 | |
| 1971 | 15 | |
| 1972 | 10 | |
| 1973 | 10 | |
| 1974 | 13 |
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 Al Kaline ranks #79 in Baseball
Al Kaline ranks 79th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1222nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1953–1974 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career hits 3007, gold gloves 10, all-star selections 18, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Iván Rodríguez on 88.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Billy Wagner on 88.2. 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.
Al Kaline GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kaline stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Kaline comparisons
Al Kaline — frequently asked
- Is Al Kaline the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Al Kaline ranks 79th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Al Kaline's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Al Kaline rank all time?
- 1222nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 79th within Baseball.
- Al Kaline vs Iván Rodríguez: who ranks higher?
- Al Kaline, on 88.3 against Iván Rodríguez's 88.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.