Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 50 | |
| 1977 | 54 | |
| 1978 | 58 | |
| 1979 | 62 | |
| 1980 | 66 | |
| 1981 | 70 | |
| 1982 | 75 | |
| 1983 | 79 | |
| 1984 | 83 | |
| 1985 | 87 | |
| 1986 | 91 | |
| 1987 | 95 | |
| 1988 | 88 | |
| 1989 | 81 | |
| 1990 | 73 | |
| 1991 | 66 | |
| 1992 | 59 | |
| 1993 | 52 | |
| 1994 | 44 | |
| 1995 | 37 | |
| 1996 | 30 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Andre Dawson ranks #192 in Baseball
Andre Dawson ranks 192nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2780th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1976–1996 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career home runs 438, mvp awards 1, gold gloves 8, all-star selections 8.
Immediately ahead sits Jack Chesbro on 84.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Jeff Bagwell on 84.4. 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.
Andre Dawson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dawson stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Dawson comparisons
Andre Dawson — frequently asked
- Is Andre Dawson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Andre Dawson ranks 192nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Andre Dawson's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Andre Dawson rank all time?
- 2780th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 192nd within Baseball.
- Andre Dawson vs Jack Chesbro: who ranks higher?
- Jack Chesbro, on 84.5 against Andre Dawson's 84.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.