Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 10 | |
| 1971 | 16 | |
| 1972 | 17 | |
| 1973 | 20 | |
| 1974 | 17 | |
| 1975 | 15 | |
| 1976 | 13 | |
| 1977 | 14 | |
| 1978 | 14 | |
| 1979 | 12 | |
| 1980 | 8 | |
| 1981 | 11 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 7 | |
| 1984 | 19 | |
| 1985 | 17 | |
| 1986 | 17 | |
| 1987 | 15 | |
| 1988 | 10 | |
| 1989 | 17 | |
| 1990 | 8 |
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 Bert Blyleven ranks #93 in Baseball
Bert Blyleven ranks 93rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1263rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 82, 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 1970–1992 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1973, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career strikeouts 3701, career wins 287, career shutouts 60, world series titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Yogi Berra on 87.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Minnie Miñoso on 87.9. 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.
Bert Blyleven GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Blyleven stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1973. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Bert Blyleven — frequently asked
- Is Bert Blyleven the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bert Blyleven ranks 93rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bert Blyleven's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bert Blyleven rank all time?
- 1263rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 93rd within Baseball.
- Bert Blyleven vs Yogi Berra: who ranks higher?
- Bert Blyleven, on 87.9 against Yogi Berra's 87.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.