Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 0.309 | |
| 1891 | 0.269 | |
| 1892 | 0.275 | |
| 1893 | 0.348 | |
| 1894 | 0.358 | |
| 1895 | 0.405 | |
| 1896 | 0.41 | |
| 1897 | 0.383 | |
| 1898 | 0.341 | |
| 1899 | 0.396 | |
| 1900 | 0.363 | |
| 1901 | 0.376 | |
| 1902 | 0.306 | |
| 1903 | 0.293 | |
| 1904 | 0.273 | |
| 1905 | 0.257 |
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 Jesse Burkett ranks #102 in Baseball
Jesse Burkett ranks 102nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1286th 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 86, Peak 94, Longevity 84, 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 1890–1905 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1896, 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 3, career hits 2850, career batting average 0.338, seasons over .400 2.
Immediately ahead sits Luke Appling on 87.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Hank Greenberg 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.
Jesse Burkett GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Burkett 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 1896. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Burkett comparisons
Jesse Burkett — frequently asked
- Is Jesse Burkett the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jesse Burkett ranks 102nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Jesse Burkett's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jesse Burkett rank all time?
- 1286th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 102nd within Baseball.
- Jesse Burkett vs Luke Appling: who ranks higher?
- Luke Appling, on 87.8 against Jesse Burkett's 87.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.