Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 5 | |
| 1937 | 9 | |
| 1938 | 17 | |
| 1939 | 24 | |
| 1940 | 27 | |
| 1941 | 25 | |
| 1942 | 26 | |
| 1943 | 20 | |
| 1944 | 26 | |
| 1945 | 22 | |
| 1946 | 20 | |
| 1947 | 15 | |
| 1948 | 16 | |
| 1949 | 13 | |
| 1950 | 22 | |
| 1951 | 9 | |
| 1952 | 10 | |
| 1953 | 4 |
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 Bob Feller ranks #28 in Baseball
Bob Feller ranks 28th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1033rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 88, 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 1936–1956 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 266, no-hitters 3, career strikeouts 2581, all-star selections 8.
Immediately ahead sits Lou Gehrig on 89.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dave Winfield on 89.9. 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.
Bob Feller GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Feller stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Feller comparisons
Bob Feller — frequently asked
- Is Bob Feller the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Feller ranks 28th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bob Feller's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Feller rank all time?
- 1033rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Baseball.
- Bob Feller vs Lou Gehrig: who ranks higher?
- Bob Feller, on 89.9 against Lou Gehrig's 89.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.