Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 0 | |
| 1948 | 14 | |
| 1949 | 24 | |
| 1950 | 25 | |
| 1951 | 20 | |
| 1952 | 32 | |
| 1953 | 29 | |
| 1954 | 32 | |
| 1955 | 26 | |
| 1956 | 24 | |
| 1957 | 14 | |
| 1958 | 13 | |
| 1959 | 0 |
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 Larry Doby ranks #137 in Baseball
Larry Doby ranks 137th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1396th of 2289 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 82, 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 1942–1959 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1952, 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 all-star selections 7, career home runs 253, home run titles 2, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Chief Bender on 86.7, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Francisco Lindor on 86.7. 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.
Larry Doby GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Doby 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 1952. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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 Doby comparisons
Larry Doby — frequently asked
- Is Larry Doby the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Larry Doby ranks 137th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Larry Doby's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Larry Doby rank all time?
- 1396th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 137th within Baseball.
- Larry Doby vs Chief Bender: who ranks higher?
- Larry Doby, on 86.8 against Chief Bender's 86.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.