Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 0.228 | |
| 1889 | 0.293 | |
| 1890 | 0.296 | |
| 1891 | 0.243 | |
| 1892 | 0.306 | |
| 1893 | 0.368 | |
| 1894 | 0.407 | |
| 1895 | 0.404 | |
| 1896 | 0.397 | |
| 1897 | 0.377 | |
| 1898 | 0.334 | |
| 1899 | 0.41 | |
| 1900 | 0.323 | |
| 1901 | 0.354 | |
| 1902 | 0.376 | |
| 1903 | 0.333 |
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 Ed Delahanty ranks #67 in Baseball
Ed Delahanty ranks 67th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1197th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 94. 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 1888–1903 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1899, 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 career batting average 0.346, batting titles 2, career hits 2597, career rbi 1466.
Immediately ahead sits Willard Brown on 88.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Willie Wells on 88.5. 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.
Ed Delahanty GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Delahanty 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 1899. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Ed Delahanty — frequently asked
- Is Ed Delahanty the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ed Delahanty ranks 67th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.5, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Ed Delahanty's GOAT Score?
- 88.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ed Delahanty rank all time?
- 1197th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 67th within Baseball.
- Ed Delahanty vs Willard Brown: who ranks higher?
- Ed Delahanty, on 88.5 against Willard Brown's 88.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.