Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 12 | |
| 1934 | 26 | |
| 1935 | 36 | |
| 1936 | 1 | |
| 1937 | 40 | |
| 1938 | 58 | |
| 1939 | 33 | |
| 1940 | 41 | |
| 1941 | 2 | |
| 1942 | 44 | |
| 1943 | 25 |
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 Hank Greenberg ranks #103 in Baseball
Hank Greenberg ranks 103rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1288th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 74, Honours 88, 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 1930–1947 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1938, 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 mvp awards 2, career home runs 331, career rbi 1274, world series titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Jesse Burkett on 87.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bryce Harper on 87.7. 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.
Hank Greenberg GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Greenberg stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1938. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Greenberg comparisons
Hank Greenberg — frequently asked
- Is Hank Greenberg the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hank Greenberg ranks 103rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Hank Greenberg's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hank Greenberg rank all time?
- 1288th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 103rd within Baseball.
- Hank Greenberg vs Jesse Burkett: who ranks higher?
- Hank Greenberg, on 87.7 against Jesse Burkett's 87.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.