Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 25 | |
| 1939 | 28 | |
| 1940 | 30 | |
| 1941 | 24 | |
| 1942 | 18 | |
| 1943 | 17 | |
| 1944 | 11 | |
| 1945 | 29 | |
| 1946 | 32 | |
| 1947 | 19 | |
| 1948 | 19 |
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 Joe Gordon ranks #161 in Baseball
Joe Gordon ranks 161st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1517th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 86, 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 1938–1950 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1946, 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 5, all-star selections 9, career home runs 253.
Immediately ahead sits Bill Foster on 85.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Leon Day on 85.4. 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 Gordon GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gordon stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1946. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Gordon comparisons
Joe Gordon — frequently asked
- Is Joe Gordon the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Gordon ranks 161st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.5, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Joe Gordon's GOAT Score?
- 85.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Gordon rank all time?
- 1517th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 161st within Baseball.
- Joe Gordon vs Bill Foster: who ranks higher?
- Bill Foster, on 85.6 against Joe Gordon's 85.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.