Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 0.318 | |
| 1933 | 0.314 | |
| 1934 | 0.333 | |
| 1935 | 0.385 | |
| 1936 | 0.335 | |
| 1937 | 0.322 | |
| 1938 | 0.322 | |
| 1939 | 0.306 | |
| 1940 | 0.3 | |
| 1941 | 0.316 | |
| 1942 | 0.277 | |
| 1943 | 0.305 | |
| 1944 | 0.244 | |
| 1945 | 0.325 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- 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 Arky Vaughan ranks #59 in Baseball
Arky Vaughan ranks 59th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1170th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 96, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 96. 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 1932–1948 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1935, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes batting titles 1, all-star selections 9, career batting average 0.318, best season average 0.385.
Immediately ahead sits Larry Walker on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Pedro Martínez on 88.6. 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.
Arky Vaughan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Vaughan stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1935. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Vaughan comparisons
Arky Vaughan — frequently asked
- Is Arky Vaughan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Arky Vaughan ranks 59th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Arky Vaughan's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Arky Vaughan rank all time?
- 1170th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 59th within Baseball.
- Arky Vaughan vs Larry Walker: who ranks higher?
- Arky Vaughan, on 88.7 against Larry Walker's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.