Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 29 | |
| 1937 | 46 | |
| 1938 | 32 | |
| 1939 | 30 | |
| 1940 | 31 | |
| 1941 | 30 | |
| 1942 | 21 | |
| 1943 | 25 | |
| 1944 | 20 | |
| 1945 | 39 | |
| 1946 | 14 | |
| 1947 | 12 | |
| 1948 | 12 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe DiMaggio ranks #49 in Baseball
Joe DiMaggio ranks 49th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 488th 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 88, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 92, Statistics 90. 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 1936–1951 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, 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 world series titles 9, mvp awards 3, hitting streak 56, all-star selections 13.
Immediately ahead sits Bob Gibson on 87.8, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Max Scherzer on 86.9. 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.
Joe DiMaggio GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far DiMaggio stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Joe DiMaggio — frequently asked
- Is Joe DiMaggio the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe DiMaggio ranks 49th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Joe DiMaggio's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe DiMaggio rank all time?
- 488th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 49th within Baseball.
- Joe DiMaggio vs Bob Gibson: who ranks higher?
- Joe DiMaggio, on 88.3 against Bob Gibson's 87.8 — a margin of 0.5 points.