Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 17 | |
| 1904 | 10 | |
| 1905 | 18 | |
| 1906 | 15 | |
| 1907 | 16 | |
| 1908 | 8 | |
| 1909 | 18 | |
| 1910 | 23 | |
| 1911 | 17 | |
| 1912 | 13 | |
| 1913 | 21 | |
| 1914 | 17 | |
| 1915 | 4 | |
| 1916 | 7 | |
| 1917 | 8 | |
| 1918 | 0 | |
| 1919 | 1 | |
| 1920 | 0 |
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 Chief Bender ranks #136 in Baseball
Chief Bender ranks 136th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1392nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 86, 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 1903–1925 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1910, 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 world series titles 3, career wins 212, career era 2.46, career strikeouts 1711.
Immediately ahead sits Willie Stargell on 86.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Larry Doby on 86.8. 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.
Chief Bender GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bender stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1910. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- 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 Bender comparisons
Chief Bender — frequently asked
- Is Chief Bender the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Chief Bender ranks 136th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Chief Bender's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Chief Bender rank all time?
- 1392nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 136th within Baseball.
- Chief Bender vs Willie Stargell: who ranks higher?
- Chief Bender, on 86.7 against Willie Stargell's 86.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.