Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 8 | |
| 1924 | 10 | |
| 1925 | 13 | |
| 1926 | 15 | |
| 1927 | 21 | |
| 1928 | 16 | |
| 1929 | 14 | |
| 1930 | 12 | |
| 1931 | 11 | |
| 1932 | 9 | |
| 1933 | 7 | |
| 1934 | 5 |
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 Bill Foster ranks #160 in Baseball
Bill Foster ranks 160th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1506th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 82, 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 1923–1938 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1927, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 negro world series titles 2, career wins 137, career winning percentage 0.7, east-west all-star selections 2.
Immediately ahead sits Burleigh Grimes on 85.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Joe Gordon on 85.5. 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 Foster GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Foster stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1927. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Foster comparisons
Bill Foster — frequently asked
- Is Bill Foster the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Foster ranks 160th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bill Foster's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Foster rank all time?
- 1506th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 160th within Baseball.
- Bill Foster vs Burleigh Grimes: who ranks higher?
- Burleigh Grimes, on 85.8 against Bill Foster's 85.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.