Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 0.4 | |
| 1925 | 0.342 | |
| 1926 | 0.299 | |
| 1927 | 0.356 | |
| 1928 | 0.31 | |
| 1929 | 0.345 | |
| 1930 | 0.344 | |
| 1931 | 0.318 | |
| 1932 | 0.321 | |
| 1933 | 0.298 | |
| 1934 | 0.319 | |
| 1935 | 0.282 |
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 Earle Combs ranks #187 in Baseball
Earle Combs ranks 187th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1728th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 82, 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 1924–1935 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1924, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 3, career batting average 0.325, career hits 1866, career triples 154.
Immediately ahead sits Elmer Flick on 83.0, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Mookie Betts on 79.8. 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.
Earle Combs GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Combs stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1924. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- 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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Earle Combs — frequently asked
- Is Earle Combs the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Earle Combs ranks 187th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 82.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Earle Combs's GOAT Score?
- 82.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Earle Combs rank all time?
- 1728th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 187th within Baseball.
- Earle Combs vs Elmer Flick: who ranks higher?
- Elmer Flick, on 83.0 against Earle Combs's 82.2 — a margin of 0.8 points.