Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 3 | |
| 1918 | 19 | |
| 1919 | 10 | |
| 1920 | 23 | |
| 1921 | 22 | |
| 1922 | 17 | |
| 1923 | 21 | |
| 1924 | 22 | |
| 1925 | 12 | |
| 1926 | 12 | |
| 1927 | 19 | |
| 1928 | 25 | |
| 1929 | 17 | |
| 1930 | 16 | |
| 1931 | 17 | |
| 1932 | 6 | |
| 1933 | 4 |
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 Burleigh Grimes ranks #159 in Baseball
Burleigh Grimes ranks 159th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1484th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 80, 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 1916–1934 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1928, 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 career wins 270, world series titles 1, career complete games 314, career innings pitched 4180.
Immediately ahead sits Goose Goslin on 85.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bill Foster on 85.6. 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.
Burleigh Grimes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Grimes 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 1928. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Grimes comparisons
Burleigh Grimes — frequently asked
- Is Burleigh Grimes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Burleigh Grimes ranks 159th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Burleigh Grimes's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Burleigh Grimes rank all time?
- 1484th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 159th within Baseball.
- Burleigh Grimes vs Goose Goslin: who ranks higher?
- Burleigh Grimes, on 85.8 against Goose Goslin's 85.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.