Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 50 | |
| 1932 | 56 | |
| 1933 | 63 | |
| 1934 | 69 | |
| 1935 | 76 | |
| 1936 | 82 | |
| 1937 | 89 | |
| 1938 | 95 | |
| 1939 | 88 | |
| 1940 | 82 | |
| 1941 | 75 | |
| 1942 | 68 | |
| 1943 | 62 | |
| 1944 | 55 | |
| 1945 | 48 | |
| 1946 | 42 | |
| 1947 | 35 |
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 Ernie Lombardi ranks #215 in Baseball
Ernie Lombardi ranks 215th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2992nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 80, Statistics 86. 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 1931–1947 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1938, 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 batting titles 2, mvp awards 1, all-star selections 8, career batting average 0.306.
Immediately ahead sits Earle Combs on 82.2, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Lou Boudreau on 82.0. 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.
Ernie Lombardi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lombardi 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 1938. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Ernie Lombardi — frequently asked
- Is Ernie Lombardi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ernie Lombardi ranks 215th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 82.0, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Ernie Lombardi's GOAT Score?
- 82.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ernie Lombardi rank all time?
- 2992nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 215th within Baseball.
- Ernie Lombardi vs Earle Combs: who ranks higher?
- Earle Combs, on 82.2 against Ernie Lombardi's 82.0 — a margin of 0.2 points.