Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 0.325 | |
| 1923 | 0.371 | |
| 1924 | 0.316 | |
| 1925 | 0.367 | |
| 1926 | 0.299 | |
| 1927 | 0.303 | |
| 1928 | 0.325 | |
| 1929 | 0.314 | |
| 1930 | 0.304 | |
| 1931 | 0.348 | |
| 1932 | 0.296 | |
| 1933 | 0.25 | |
| 1934 | 0.284 | |
| 1935 | 0.258 | |
| 1936 | 0.298 | |
| 1937 | 0.239 |
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 Jim Bottomley ranks #170 in Baseball
Jim Bottomley ranks 170th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1577th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 80, 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 1922–1937 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1923, 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 mvp awards 1, world series titles 2, career rbi 1422, rbi in one game record 12.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Grant on 84.9, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Hideo Nomo on 84.7. 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.
Jim Bottomley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bottomley stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1923. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Bottomley comparisons
Jim Bottomley — frequently asked
- Is Jim Bottomley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jim Bottomley ranks 170th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 84.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Jim Bottomley's GOAT Score?
- 84.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jim Bottomley rank all time?
- 1577th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 170th within Baseball.
- Jim Bottomley vs Frank Grant: who ranks higher?
- Frank Grant, on 84.9 against Jim Bottomley's 84.6 — a margin of 0.3 points.