Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 0.332 | |
| 1930 | 0.339 | |
| 1931 | 0.333 | |
| 1932 | 0.314 | |
| 1933 | 0.301 | |
| 1934 | 0.313 | |
| 1935 | 0.288 | |
| 1936 | 0.378 | |
| 1937 | 0.299 | |
| 1938 | 0.33 | |
| 1939 | 0.262 | |
| 1940 | 0.28 | |
| 1941 | 0.118 |
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 Earl Averill ranks #181 in Baseball
Earl Averill ranks 181st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1666th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 78, 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 1929–1941 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1936, 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 all-star selections 6, career home runs 238, career batting average 0.318, career rbis 1164.
Immediately ahead sits Bud Fowler on 83.6, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Dizzy Dean 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.
Earl Averill GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Averill 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 1936. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Earl Averill — frequently asked
- Is Earl Averill the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Earl Averill ranks 181st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 83.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Earl Averill's GOAT Score?
- 83.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Earl Averill rank all time?
- 1666th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 181st within Baseball.
- Earl Averill vs Bud Fowler: who ranks higher?
- Bud Fowler, on 83.6 against Earl Averill's 83.4 — a margin of 0.2 points.