Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 38 | |
| 1957 | 29 | |
| 1958 | 31 | |
| 1959 | 36 | |
| 1960 | 31 | |
| 1961 | 37 | |
| 1962 | 39 | |
| 1963 | 21 | |
| 1964 | 29 | |
| 1965 | 33 | |
| 1966 | 49 | |
| 1967 | 30 | |
| 1968 | 15 | |
| 1969 | 32 | |
| 1970 | 25 | |
| 1971 | 28 | |
| 1972 | 19 | |
| 1973 | 30 | |
| 1974 | 22 | |
| 1975 | 9 | |
| 1976 | 3 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Frank Robinson ranks #22 in Baseball
Frank Robinson ranks 22nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 316th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1956–1976 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 2, triple crowns 1, home runs 586, world series titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Cal Ripken Jr. on 87.6, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Iván Rodríguez on 88.3. 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.
Frank Robinson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far F. Robinson stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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 F. Robinson comparisons
Frank Robinson — frequently asked
- Is Frank Robinson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Frank Robinson ranks 22nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.9, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Frank Robinson's GOAT Score?
- 88.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Frank Robinson rank all time?
- 316th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Baseball.
- Frank Robinson vs Cal Ripken Jr.: who ranks higher?
- Frank Robinson, on 88.9 against Cal Ripken Jr.'s 87.6 — a margin of 1.3 points.