Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 12 | |
| 1937 | 14 | |
| 1938 | 15 | |
| 1939 | 16 | |
| 1940 | 14 | |
| 1941 | 13 | |
| 1942 | 12 | |
| 1943 | 10 | |
| 1944 | 9 | |
| 1945 | 8 | |
| 1946 | 6 |
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 Hilton Smith ranks #144 in Baseball
Hilton Smith ranks 144th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1430th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 84, 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 1932–1948 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1939, 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 negro world series titles 1, negro league pennants 4, east-west all-star selections 6, career winning percentage 0.72.
Immediately ahead sits Kirby Puckett on 86.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ted Simmons on 86.4. 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.
Hilton Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1939. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Hilton Smith — frequently asked
- Is Hilton Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hilton Smith ranks 144th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Hilton Smith's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hilton Smith rank all time?
- 1430th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 144th within Baseball.
- Hilton Smith vs Kirby Puckett: who ranks higher?
- Hilton Smith, on 86.4 against Kirby Puckett's 86.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.