Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 26 | |
| 1976 | 11 | |
| 1977 | 27 | |
| 1978 | 27 | |
| 1979 | 18 | |
| 1980 | 33 | |
| 1981 | 20 | |
| 1982 | 30 | |
| 1983 | 22 | |
| 1984 | 25 | |
| 1985 | 26 | |
| 1986 | 21 | |
| 1987 | 11 | |
| 1988 | 13 | |
| 1989 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 5 | |
| 1991 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 1 |
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 Goose Gossage ranks #110 in Baseball
Goose Gossage ranks 110th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1302nd 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 82, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 1972–1994 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, 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 career saves 310, all-star selections 9, world series titles 1, career era 3.01.
Immediately ahead sits Gabby Hartnett on 87.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Fred Clarke on 87.5. 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.
Goose Gossage GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gossage 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 1980. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Gossage comparisons
Goose Gossage — frequently asked
- Is Goose Gossage the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Goose Gossage ranks 110th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Goose Gossage's GOAT Score?
- 87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Goose Gossage rank all time?
- 1302nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 110th within Baseball.
- Goose Gossage vs Gabby Hartnett: who ranks higher?
- Goose Gossage, on 87.6 against Gabby Hartnett's 87.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.