Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 0.253 | |
| 1925 | 0.302 | |
| 1926 | 0.271 | |
| 1927 | 0.329 | |
| 1928 | 0.337 | |
| 1929 | 0.338 | |
| 1930 | 0.336 | |
| 1931 | 0.349 | |
| 1932 | 0.344 | |
| 1933 | 0.303 | |
| 1934 | 0.293 | |
| 1935 | 0.339 | |
| 1936 | 0.261 |
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 Chick Hafey ranks #184 in Baseball
Chick Hafey ranks 184th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1683rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 82, Statistics 90. 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 1924–1937 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1931, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes batting titles 1, world series titles 2, career batting average 0.317, career home runs 164.
Immediately ahead sits Roger Bresnahan on 83.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Harold Baines on 83.0. 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.
Chick Hafey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hafey stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1931. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Chick Hafey — frequently asked
- Is Chick Hafey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Chick Hafey ranks 184th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Chick Hafey's GOAT Score?
- 83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Chick Hafey rank all time?
- 1683rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 184th within Baseball.
- Chick Hafey vs Roger Bresnahan: who ranks higher?
- Chick Hafey, on 83.1 against Roger Bresnahan's 83.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.