Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 50 | |
| 1931 | 59 | |
| 1932 | 68 | |
| 1933 | 78 | |
| 1934 | 87 | |
| 1935 | 96 | |
| 1936 | 88 | |
| 1937 | 80 | |
| 1938 | 71 | |
| 1939 | 63 | |
| 1940 | 55 | |
| 1941 | 47 | |
| 1942 | 38 | |
| 1943 | 30 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lefty Gomez ranks #222 in Baseball
Lefty Gomez ranks 222nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 3094th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 68, Honours 86, Statistics 82. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1930–1943 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1935, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 189, world series titles 5, world series record wins 6, pitching triple crowns 2.
Immediately ahead sits Miguel Tejada on 80.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Kiki Cuyler on 80.3. 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.
Lefty Gomez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gomez stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1935. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Gomez comparisons
Lefty Gomez — frequently asked
- Is Lefty Gomez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lefty Gomez ranks 222nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 80.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Lefty Gomez's GOAT Score?
- 80.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lefty Gomez rank all time?
- 3094th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 222nd within Baseball.
- Lefty Gomez vs Miguel Tejada: who ranks higher?
- Miguel Tejada, on 80.8 against Lefty Gomez's 80.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.