Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 0.343 | |
| 1889 | 0.301 | |
| 1890 | 0.324 | |
| 1891 | 0.292 | |
| 1892 | 0.236 | |
| 1893 | 0.303 | |
| 1894 | 0.343 | |
| 1895 | 0.328 | |
| 1896 | 0.324 | |
| 1897 | 0.345 | |
| 1898 | 0.294 | |
| 1899 | 0.333 | |
| 1900 | 0.341 | |
| 1901 | 0.307 | |
| 1902 | 0.33 | |
| 1903 | 0.327 | |
| 1904 | 0.325 | |
| 1905 | 0.286 | |
| 1906 | 0.255 | |
| 1907 | 0.209 |
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 Jake Beckley ranks #164 in Baseball
Jake Beckley ranks 164th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1528th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 76, 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 1888–1907 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1897, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity 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 career hits 2930, career triples 243, career batting average 0.308, games at first base 2377.
Immediately ahead sits Jackie Robinson on 85.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is David Ortiz on 85.1. 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.
Jake Beckley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Beckley stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1897. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Beckley comparisons
Jake Beckley — frequently asked
- Is Jake Beckley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jake Beckley ranks 164th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Jake Beckley's GOAT Score?
- 85.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jake Beckley rank all time?
- 1528th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 164th within Baseball.
- Jake Beckley vs Jackie Robinson: who ranks higher?
- Jake Beckley, on 85.2 against Jackie Robinson's 85.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.