Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 0.268 | |
| 1895 | 0.347 | |
| 1896 | 0.325 | |
| 1897 | 0.39 | |
| 1898 | 0.307 | |
| 1899 | 0.342 | |
| 1900 | 0.362 | |
| 1901 | 0.324 | |
| 1902 | 0.316 | |
| 1903 | 0.351 | |
| 1904 | 0.306 | |
| 1905 | 0.299 | |
| 1906 | 0.309 | |
| 1907 | 0.289 | |
| 1908 | 0.265 | |
| 1909 | 0.287 | |
| 1910 | 0.263 | |
| 1911 | 0.324 |
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 Fred Clarke ranks #111 in Baseball
Fred Clarke ranks 111th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1305th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 84, 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 1894–1915 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1897, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 1, career hits 2678, career batting average 0.312, pennants as manager 4.
Immediately ahead sits Goose Gossage on 87.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Yu Darvish on 87.6. 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.
Fred Clarke GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clarke stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1897. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Clarke comparisons
Fred Clarke — frequently asked
- Is Fred Clarke the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fred Clarke ranks 111th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Fred Clarke's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fred Clarke rank all time?
- 1305th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 111th within Baseball.
- Fred Clarke vs Goose Gossage: who ranks higher?
- Goose Gossage, on 87.6 against Fred Clarke's 87.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.