Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 55 | |
| 1976 | 57 | |
| 1977 | 60 | |
| 1978 | 62 | |
| 1979 | 65 | |
| 1980 | 67 | |
| 1981 | 70 | |
| 1982 | 72 | |
| 1983 | 75 | |
| 1984 | 77 | |
| 1985 | 80 | |
| 1986 | 82 | |
| 1987 | 85 | |
| 1988 | 87 | |
| 1989 | 90 | |
| 1990 | 92 | |
| 1991 | 95 | |
| 1992 | 97 | |
| 1993 | 87 | |
| 1994 | 76 | |
| 1995 | 66 | |
| 1996 | 56 | |
| 1997 | 45 | |
| 1998 | 35 |
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 Dennis Eckersley ranks #112 in Baseball
Dennis Eckersley ranks 112th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2273rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 1975–1998 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 career saves 390, career wins 197, mvp awards 1, cy young awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Tony Pérez on 87.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Cal Ripken Jr. on 87.6. 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.
Dennis Eckersley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Eckersley stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Eckersley comparisons
Dennis Eckersley — frequently asked
- Is Dennis Eckersley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dennis Eckersley ranks 112th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Dennis Eckersley's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dennis Eckersley rank all time?
- 2273rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 112th within Baseball.
- Dennis Eckersley vs Tony Pérez: who ranks higher?
- Dennis Eckersley, on 87.7 against Tony Pérez's 87.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.