Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 10 | |
| 1885 | 53 | |
| 1886 | 36 | |
| 1887 | 38 | |
| 1888 | 33 | |
| 1889 | 49 | |
| 1890 | 26 | |
| 1891 | 33 | |
| 1892 | 25 | |
| 1893 | 16 | |
| 1894 | 8 |
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 John Clarkson ranks #84 in Baseball
John Clarkson ranks 84th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1243rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 80, Honours 84, 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 1882–1894 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1885, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 328, best season wins 53, career strikeouts 1978, career era 2.81.
Immediately ahead sits Mordecai Brown on 88.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ray Brown on 88.1. 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.
John Clarkson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clarkson stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1885. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Clarkson comparisons
John Clarkson — frequently asked
- Is John Clarkson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. John Clarkson ranks 84th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is John Clarkson's GOAT Score?
- 88.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does John Clarkson rank all time?
- 1243rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 84th within Baseball.
- John Clarkson vs Mordecai Brown: who ranks higher?
- John Clarkson, on 88.1 against Mordecai Brown's 88.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.