Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 58
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 18 | |
| 1933 | 20 | |
| 1934 | 30 | |
| 1935 | 28 | |
| 1936 | 24 | |
| 1937 | 13 | |
| 1938 | 7 | |
| 1939 | 6 | |
| 1940 | 3 |
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 Dizzy Dean ranks #182 in Baseball
Dizzy Dean ranks 182nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1681st 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 88, Peak 96, Longevity 58, Honours 84, 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 1930–1947 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1934, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, world series titles 1, career wins 150, best season wins 30.
Immediately ahead sits Earl Averill on 83.4, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Roger Bresnahan on 83.1. 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.
Dizzy Dean GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dean stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1934. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity58/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 58/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Dean comparisons
Dizzy Dean — frequently asked
- Is Dizzy Dean the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dizzy Dean ranks 182nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Dizzy Dean's GOAT Score?
- 83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 58 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dizzy Dean rank all time?
- 1681st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 182nd within Baseball.
- Dizzy Dean vs Earl Averill: who ranks higher?
- Earl Averill, on 83.4 against Dizzy Dean's 83.1 — a margin of 0.3 points.