Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 4 | |
| 1935 | 8 | |
| 1936 | 10 | |
| 1937 | 13 | |
| 1938 | 12 | |
| 1939 | 11 | |
| 1940 | 9 | |
| 1941 | 8 | |
| 1942 | 6 | |
| 1943 | 5 | |
| 1944 | 4 | |
| 1945 | 6 | |
| 1946 | 5 | |
| 1947 | 4 | |
| 1948 | 3 | |
| 1949 | 2 |
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 Leon Day ranks #162 in Baseball
Leon Day ranks 162nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1521st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 1934–1950 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, 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 negro league all-star selections 7, negro world series titles 1, single-game strikeout record 18, seasons played 16.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Gordon on 85.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Jackie Robinson on 85.2. 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.
Leon Day GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Day 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 1937. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Day comparisons
Leon Day — frequently asked
- Is Leon Day the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Leon Day ranks 162nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Leon Day's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Leon Day rank all time?
- 1521st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 162nd within Baseball.
- Leon Day vs Joe Gordon: who ranks higher?
- Joe Gordon, on 85.5 against Leon Day's 85.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.