Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 0.194 | |
| 1923 | 0.268 | |
| 1924 | 0.299 | |
| 1925 | 0.289 | |
| 1926 | 0.275 | |
| 1927 | 0.294 | |
| 1928 | 0.302 | |
| 1929 | 0.273 | |
| 1930 | 0.339 | |
| 1931 | 0.282 | |
| 1932 | 0.271 | |
| 1933 | 0.276 | |
| 1934 | 0.299 | |
| 1935 | 0.344 | |
| 1936 | 0.307 | |
| 1937 | 0.354 | |
| 1938 | 0.274 | |
| 1939 | 0.278 | |
| 1940 | 0.266 | |
| 1941 | 0.3 |
Data sources
- MLB
- 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 Gabby Hartnett ranks #109 in Baseball
Gabby Hartnett ranks 109th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1299th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 88, 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 1922–1941 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 mvp awards 1, all-star selections 6, career home runs 236, career batting average 0.297.
Immediately ahead sits Harmon Killebrew on 87.5, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Goose Gossage 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.
Gabby Hartnett GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hartnett stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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.
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Gabby Hartnett — frequently asked
- Is Gabby Hartnett the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gabby Hartnett ranks 109th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Gabby Hartnett's GOAT Score?
- 87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gabby Hartnett rank all time?
- 1299th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 109th within Baseball.
- Gabby Hartnett vs Harmon Killebrew: who ranks higher?
- Gabby Hartnett, on 87.6 against Harmon Killebrew's 87.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.