Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 5 | |
| 1957 | 17 | |
| 1958 | 12 | |
| 1959 | 17 | |
| 1960 | 15 | |
| 1961 | 13 | |
| 1962 | 25 | |
| 1963 | 19 | |
| 1964 | 18 | |
| 1965 | 23 | |
| 1966 | 13 | |
| 1967 | 13 | |
| 1968 | 14 | |
| 1969 | 5 |
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 Don Drysdale ranks #153 in Baseball
Don Drysdale ranks 153rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1467th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 86, 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 1956–1969 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, 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 career wins 209, cy young awards 1, world series titles 3, all-star selections 9.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Trout on 86.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Orlando Cepeda on 86.0. 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.
Don Drysdale GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Drysdale stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- 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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Don Drysdale — frequently asked
- Is Don Drysdale the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Don Drysdale ranks 153rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Don Drysdale's GOAT Score?
- 86.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Don Drysdale rank all time?
- 1467th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 153rd within Baseball.
- Don Drysdale vs Mike Trout: who ranks higher?
- Don Drysdale, on 86.1 against Mike Trout's 86.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.