Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6 | |
| 1961 | 13 | |
| 1962 | 18 | |
| 1963 | 25 | |
| 1964 | 21 | |
| 1965 | 22 | |
| 1966 | 25 | |
| 1967 | 14 | |
| 1968 | 26 | |
| 1969 | 21 | |
| 1970 | 12 | |
| 1971 | 18 | |
| 1972 | 6 | |
| 1973 | 11 | |
| 1974 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 1 |
Data sources
- MLB
- 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 Juan Marichal ranks #55 in Baseball
Juan Marichal ranks 55th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 531st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, 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 1960–1975 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, 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 career wins 243, all-star selections 10, career era 2.89, career strikeouts 2303.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Piazza on 87.1, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Ken Griffey Jr. on 86.1. 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.
Juan Marichal GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Marichal stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 92/100.
- 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.
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Juan Marichal — frequently asked
- Is Juan Marichal the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Juan Marichal ranks 55th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Juan Marichal's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Juan Marichal rank all time?
- 531st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Baseball.
- Juan Marichal vs Mike Piazza: who ranks higher?
- Mike Piazza, on 87.1 against Juan Marichal's 86.8 — a margin of 0.3 points.