Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.266 | |
| 1962 | 0.296 | |
| 1963 | 0.321 | |
| 1964 | 0.289 | |
| 1965 | 0.312 | |
| 1966 | 0.278 | |
| 1967 | 0.326 | |
| 1968 | 0.301 | |
| 1969 | 0.255 | |
| 1970 | 0.329 | |
| 1971 | 0.254 | |
| 1972 | 0.264 | |
| 1973 | 0.296 | |
| 1974 | 0.301 | |
| 1975 | 0.269 | |
| 1976 | 0.267 | |
| 1977 | 0.296 | |
| 1978 | 0.277 | |
| 1979 | 0.27 | |
| 1980 | 0.275 | |
| 1981 | 0.246 | |
| 1982 | 0.275 | |
| 1983 | 0.266 |
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 Carl Yastrzemski ranks #29 in Baseball
Carl Yastrzemski ranks 29th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 341st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 94, Honours 84, 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 1961–1983 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 league mvp awards 1, triple crowns 1, career hits 3419, home runs 452.
Immediately ahead sits Brooks Robinson on 87.6, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Adrián Beltré on 87.3. 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.
Carl Yastrzemski GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Yastrzemski 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 1970. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Yastrzemski comparisons
Carl Yastrzemski — frequently asked
- Is Carl Yastrzemski the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Carl Yastrzemski ranks 29th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.4, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Carl Yastrzemski's GOAT Score?
- 87.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Carl Yastrzemski rank all time?
- 341st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Baseball.
- Carl Yastrzemski vs Brooks Robinson: who ranks higher?
- Brooks Robinson, on 87.6 against Carl Yastrzemski's 87.4 — a margin of 0.2 points.