Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 45 | |
| 1907 | 51 | |
| 1908 | 56 | |
| 1909 | 62 | |
| 1910 | 68 | |
| 1911 | 73 | |
| 1912 | 79 | |
| 1913 | 85 | |
| 1914 | 90 | |
| 1915 | 96 | |
| 1916 | 92 | |
| 1917 | 87 | |
| 1918 | 83 | |
| 1919 | 78 | |
| 1920 | 74 | |
| 1921 | 70 | |
| 1922 | 65 | |
| 1923 | 61 | |
| 1924 | 56 | |
| 1925 | 52 | |
| 1926 | 48 | |
| 1927 | 43 | |
| 1928 | 39 | |
| 1929 | 34 | |
| 1930 | 30 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eddie Collins ranks #25 in Baseball
Eddie Collins ranks 25th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1758th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 94, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1906–1930 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1915, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career hits 3315, career stolen bases 741, world series titles 4, mvp awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Jim Palmer on 90.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gaylord Perry on 90.0. 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.
Eddie Collins GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Collins stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1915. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Collins comparisons
Eddie Collins — frequently asked
- Is Eddie Collins the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eddie Collins ranks 25th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 90.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Eddie Collins's GOAT Score?
- 90.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eddie Collins rank all time?
- 1758th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Baseball.
- Eddie Collins vs Jim Palmer: who ranks higher?
- Eddie Collins, on 90.1 against Jim Palmer's 90.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.