Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1 | |
| 1948 | 11 | |
| 1949 | 23 | |
| 1950 | 32 | |
| 1951 | 40 | |
| 1952 | 32 | |
| 1953 | 31 | |
| 1954 | 42 | |
| 1955 | 27 | |
| 1956 | 32 | |
| 1957 | 27 | |
| 1958 | 22 | |
| 1959 | 25 | |
| 1960 | 8 | |
| 1961 | 8 | |
| 1962 | 9 | |
| 1963 | 0 |
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 Gil Hodges ranks #95 in Baseball
Gil Hodges ranks 95th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1268th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 88, 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 1943–1963 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1954, 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 world series titles as player 2, world series titles as manager 1, career home runs 370, gold gloves 3.
Immediately ahead sits Minnie Miñoso on 87.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bob Gibson on 87.8. 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.
Gil Hodges GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hodges stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1954. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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 Hodges comparisons
Gil Hodges — frequently asked
- Is Gil Hodges the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gil Hodges ranks 95th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Gil Hodges's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gil Hodges rank all time?
- 1268th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 95th within Baseball.
- Gil Hodges vs Minnie Miñoso: who ranks higher?
- Gil Hodges, on 87.9 against Minnie Miñoso's 87.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.