Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 50 | |
| 1938 | 56 | |
| 1939 | 62 | |
| 1940 | 68 | |
| 1941 | 74 | |
| 1942 | 80 | |
| 1943 | 86 | |
| 1944 | 92 | |
| 1945 | 85 | |
| 1946 | 77 | |
| 1947 | 70 | |
| 1948 | 62 | |
| 1949 | 55 | |
| 1950 | 47 | |
| 1951 | 40 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bobby Doerr ranks #227 in Baseball
Bobby Doerr ranks 227th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 3201st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 76, Honours 78, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1937–1951 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1944, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 9, career home runs 223, career rbis 1247, career hits 2042.
Immediately ahead sits Jimmy Collins on 79.3, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Gunnar Henderson on 79.0. 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.
Bobby Doerr GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Doerr stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1944. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Doerr comparisons
Bobby Doerr — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Doerr the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Doerr ranks 227th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 79.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bobby Doerr's GOAT Score?
- 79.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Doerr rank all time?
- 3201st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 227th within Baseball.
- Bobby Doerr vs Jimmy Collins: who ranks higher?
- Jimmy Collins, on 79.3 against Bobby Doerr's 79.1 — a margin of 0.2 points.