Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 9 | |
| 1964 | 18 | |
| 1965 | 10 | |
| 1966 | 12 | |
| 1967 | 20 | |
| 1968 | 25 | |
| 1969 | 16 | |
| 1970 | 16 | |
| 1971 | 21 | |
| 1972 | 10 | |
| 1973 | 6 | |
| 1974 | 6 | |
| 1975 | 14 | |
| 1976 | 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 Freehan ranks #150 in Baseball
Bill Freehan ranks 150th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1457th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 86, 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 1961–1976 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 11, gold gloves 5, world series titles 1, career home runs 200.
Immediately ahead sits Bruce Sutter on 86.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ken Griffey Jr. on 86.1. 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 Freehan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Freehan 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 1968. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Freehan comparisons
Bill Freehan — frequently asked
- Is Bill Freehan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Freehan ranks 150th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bill Freehan's GOAT Score?
- 86.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Freehan rank all time?
- 1457th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 150th within Baseball.
- Bill Freehan vs Bruce Sutter: who ranks higher?
- Bill Freehan, on 86.2 against Bruce Sutter's 86.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.