Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 8 | |
| 1993 | 10 | |
| 1994 | 16 | |
| 1995 | 12 | |
| 1996 | 19 | |
| 1997 | 20 | |
| 1998 | 21 | |
| 1999 | 35 | |
| 2000 | 27 | |
| 2001 | 25 | |
| 2002 | 19 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 19 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 3 |
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 Iván Rodríguez ranks #23 in Baseball
Iván Rodríguez ranks 23rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 318th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 88, 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 1991–2011 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 gold gloves 13, all-star selections 14, mvp awards 1, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Robinson on 88.9, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Al Kaline on 88.3. 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.
Iván Rodríguez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rodríguez stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Rodríguez comparisons
Iván Rodríguez — frequently asked
- Is Iván Rodríguez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Iván Rodríguez ranks 23rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Iván Rodríguez's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Iván Rodríguez rank all time?
- 318th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 23rd within Baseball.
- Iván Rodríguez vs Frank Robinson: who ranks higher?
- Frank Robinson, on 88.9 against Iván Rodríguez's 88.3 — a margin of 0.6 points.