Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 55 | |
| 1926 | 62 | |
| 1927 | 69 | |
| 1928 | 77 | |
| 1929 | 84 | |
| 1930 | 91 | |
| 1931 | 98 | |
| 1932 | 92 | |
| 1933 | 85 | |
| 1934 | 79 | |
| 1935 | 73 | |
| 1936 | 67 | |
| 1937 | 60 | |
| 1938 | 54 | |
| 1939 | 48 | |
| 1940 | 41 | |
| 1941 | 35 |
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 Grove ranks #76 in Baseball
Lefty Grove ranks 76th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2126th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1925–1941 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1931, 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 300, era titles 9, mvp awards 1, world series titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Mule Suttles on 88.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alex Rodriguez on 88.3. 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 Grove GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Grove stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1931. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Grove comparisons
Lefty Grove — frequently asked
- Is Lefty Grove the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lefty Grove ranks 76th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Lefty Grove's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lefty Grove rank all time?
- 2126th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 76th within Baseball.
- Lefty Grove vs Mule Suttles: who ranks higher?
- Lefty Grove, on 88.4 against Mule Suttles's 88.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.