Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.17 | |
| 1990 | 0.241 | |
| 1991 | 0.29 | |
| 1992 | 0.301 | |
| 1993 | 0.265 | |
| 1994 | 0.322 | |
| 1995 | 0.306 | |
| 1996 | 0.276 | |
| 1997 | 0.366 | |
| 1998 | 0.363 | |
| 1999 | 0.379 | |
| 2000 | 0.309 | |
| 2001 | 0.35 | |
| 2002 | 0.338 | |
| 2003 | 0.284 | |
| 2004 | 0.298 | |
| 2005 | 0.289 |
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 Walker ranks #58 in Baseball
Larry Walker ranks 58th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1169th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 96, Longevity 84, Honours 88, 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 1989–2005 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 mvp awards 1, batting titles 3, gold gloves 7, career home runs 383.
Immediately ahead sits Kenley Jansen on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Arky Vaughan on 88.7. 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 Walker GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Walker stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Walker comparisons
Larry Walker — frequently asked
- Is Larry Walker the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Larry Walker ranks 58th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Larry Walker's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Larry Walker rank all time?
- 1169th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Baseball.
- Larry Walker vs Kenley Jansen: who ranks higher?
- Larry Walker, on 88.7 against Kenley Jansen's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.