Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 28 | |
| 1912 | 19 | |
| 1913 | 22 | |
| 1914 | 27 | |
| 1915 | 31 | |
| 1916 | 33 | |
| 1917 | 30 | |
| 1918 | 2 | |
| 1919 | 16 | |
| 1920 | 27 | |
| 1921 | 15 | |
| 1922 | 16 | |
| 1923 | 22 | |
| 1924 | 12 | |
| 1925 | 15 | |
| 1926 | 12 | |
| 1927 | 21 | |
| 1928 | 16 | |
| 1929 | 9 | |
| 1930 | 0 |
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 Grover Cleveland Alexander ranks #13 in Baseball
Grover Cleveland Alexander ranks 13th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 874th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 96. 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 1911–1930 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1916, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 373, career shutouts 90, pitching triple crowns 3, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Walter Johnson on 91.7, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Pudge Rodríguez on 91.6. 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.
Grover Cleveland Alexander GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Alexander stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1916. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Alexander comparisons
Grover Cleveland Alexander — frequently asked
- Is Grover Cleveland Alexander the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Grover Cleveland Alexander ranks 13th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 91.8, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Grover Cleveland Alexander's GOAT Score?
- 91.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Grover Cleveland Alexander rank all time?
- 874th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within Baseball.
- Grover Cleveland Alexander vs Walter Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Grover Cleveland Alexander, on 91.8 against Walter Johnson's 91.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.