Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 0.225 | |
| 1915 | 0.282 | |
| 1916 | 0.279 | |
| 1917 | 0.319 | |
| 1918 | 0.276 | |
| 1919 | 0.32 | |
| 1920 | 0.309 | |
| 1921 | 0.394 | |
| 1922 | 0.356 | |
| 1923 | 0.403 | |
| 1924 | 0.346 | |
| 1925 | 0.393 | |
| 1926 | 0.367 | |
| 1927 | 0.398 | |
| 1928 | 0.328 | |
| 1929 | 0.344 | |
| 1930 | 0.333 | |
| 1931 | 0.318 |
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 Harry Heilmann ranks #123 in Baseball
Harry Heilmann ranks 123rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1354th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 80, 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 1914–1932 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1923, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 batting titles 4, career batting average 0.342, career hits 2660, career rbis 1539.
Immediately ahead sits Lou Whitaker on 87.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Fernando Valenzuela on 87.2. 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.
Harry Heilmann GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Heilmann stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1923. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Heilmann comparisons
Harry Heilmann — frequently asked
- Is Harry Heilmann the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Harry Heilmann ranks 123rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Harry Heilmann's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Harry Heilmann rank all time?
- 1354th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 123rd within Baseball.
- Harry Heilmann vs Lou Whitaker: who ranks higher?
- Lou Whitaker, on 87.3 against Harry Heilmann's 87.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.