Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 0.324 | |
| 1930 | 0.339 | |
| 1931 | 0.327 | |
| 1932 | 0.31 | |
| 1933 | 0.318 | |
| 1934 | 0.322 | |
| 1935 | 0.279 | |
| 1936 | 0.362 | |
| 1937 | 0.332 | |
| 1938 | 0.313 | |
| 1939 | 0.302 | |
| 1940 | 0.247 | |
| 1941 | 0.284 | |
| 1942 | 0.295 | |
| 1943 | 0.351 | |
| 1944 | 0.261 |
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 Bill Dickey ranks #50 in Baseball
Bill Dickey ranks 50th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1139th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 92, Statistics 90. 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 1928–1946 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1936, which sets the Peak component at 90. Honours 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 world series titles 7, all-star selections 11, career batting average 0.313, career home runs 202.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Robinson on 88.9, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Justin Verlander on 88.8. 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.
Bill Dickey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dickey stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1936. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Bill Dickey — frequently asked
- Is Bill Dickey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Dickey ranks 50th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.0, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bill Dickey's GOAT Score?
- 89.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Dickey rank all time?
- 1139th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 50th within Baseball.
- Bill Dickey vs Frank Robinson: who ranks higher?
- Bill Dickey, on 89.0 against Frank Robinson's 88.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.