Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 12 | |
| 1965 | 8 | |
| 1966 | 21 | |
| 1967 | 15 | |
| 1968 | 16 | |
| 1969 | 19 | |
| 1970 | 23 | |
| 1971 | 16 | |
| 1972 | 24 | |
| 1973 | 19 | |
| 1974 | 21 | |
| 1975 | 18 | |
| 1976 | 21 | |
| 1977 | 15 | |
| 1978 | 6 | |
| 1979 | 21 | |
| 1980 | 10 | |
| 1981 | 8 | |
| 1982 | 7 | |
| 1983 | 3 |
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 Gaylord Perry ranks #25 in Baseball
Gaylord Perry ranks 25th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1023rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 94, Honours 86, Statistics 94. 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 1962–1983 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 2, career wins 314, career strikeouts 3534, career innings pitched 5350.
Immediately ahead sits Jim Palmer on 90.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Freddie Freeman on 90.0. 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.
Gaylord Perry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Perry stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Perry comparisons
Gaylord Perry — frequently asked
- Is Gaylord Perry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gaylord Perry ranks 25th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 90.0, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Gaylord Perry's GOAT Score?
- 90.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gaylord Perry rank all time?
- 1023rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Baseball.
- Gaylord Perry vs Jim Palmer: who ranks higher?
- Jim Palmer, on 90.1 against Gaylord Perry's 90.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.