Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45 | |
| 1962 | 50 | |
| 1963 | 55 | |
| 1964 | 60 | |
| 1965 | 65 | |
| 1966 | 71 | |
| 1967 | 76 | |
| 1968 | 81 | |
| 1969 | 86 | |
| 1970 | 91 | |
| 1971 | 96 | |
| 1972 | 88 | |
| 1973 | 80 | |
| 1974 | 71 | |
| 1975 | 63 | |
| 1976 | 55 | |
| 1977 | 47 | |
| 1978 | 38 | |
| 1979 | 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 Lou Brock ranks #155 in Baseball
Lou Brock ranks 155th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2506th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 84, 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 1961–1979 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1971, 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 career stolen bases 938, career hits 3023, world series titles 2, stolen-base titles 8.
Immediately ahead sits Ted Simmons on 86.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is George Davis on 86.3. 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.
Lou Brock GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brock stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1971. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Brock comparisons
Lou Brock — frequently asked
- Is Lou Brock the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lou Brock ranks 155th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Lou Brock's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lou Brock rank all time?
- 2506th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 155th within Baseball.
- Lou Brock vs Ted Simmons: who ranks higher?
- Lou Brock, on 86.4 against Ted Simmons's 86.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.