Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.302 | |
| 1991 | 0.307 | |
| 1992 | 0.343 | |
| 1993 | 0.237 | |
| 1994 | 0.285 | |
| 1995 | 0.356 | |
| 1996 | 0.327 | |
| 1997 | 0.33 | |
| 1998 | 0.322 | |
| 1999 | 0.337 | |
| 2000 | 0.324 | |
| 2001 | 0.306 | |
| 2002 | 0.277 | |
| 2003 | 0.294 | |
| 2004 | 0.263 |
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 Edgar Martínez ranks #82 in Baseball
Edgar Martínez ranks 82nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1231st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 96. 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 1987–2004 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 94. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes batting titles 2, career batting average 0.312, all-star selections 7, career on-base percentage 0.418.
Immediately ahead sits Craig Kimbrel on 88.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Mordecai Brown on 88.1. 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.
Edgar Martínez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Martínez stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Martínez comparisons
Edgar Martínez — frequently asked
- Is Edgar Martínez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Edgar Martínez ranks 82nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Edgar Martínez's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Edgar Martínez rank all time?
- 1231st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 82nd within Baseball.
- Edgar Martínez vs Craig Kimbrel: who ranks higher?
- Craig Kimbrel, on 88.3 against Edgar Martínez's 88.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.