Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 50 | |
| 1966 | 56 | |
| 1967 | 63 | |
| 1968 | 69 | |
| 1969 | 76 | |
| 1970 | 82 | |
| 1971 | 89 | |
| 1972 | 95 | |
| 1973 | 86 | |
| 1974 | 76 | |
| 1975 | 67 | |
| 1976 | 58 | |
| 1977 | 49 | |
| 1978 | 39 | |
| 1979 | 30 |
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 Catfish Hunter ranks #217 in Baseball
Catfish Hunter ranks 217th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 3005th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 70, Honours 86, 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 1965–1979 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 224, world series titles 5, cy young awards 1, perfect games 1.
Immediately ahead sits Lou Boudreau on 82.0, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Jim Bunning on 81.6. 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.
Catfish Hunter GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hunter 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 1972. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Hunter comparisons
Catfish Hunter — frequently asked
- Is Catfish Hunter the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Catfish Hunter ranks 217th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Catfish Hunter's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Catfish Hunter rank all time?
- 3005th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 217th within Baseball.
- Catfish Hunter vs Lou Boudreau: who ranks higher?
- Lou Boudreau, on 82.0 against Catfish Hunter's 81.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.