Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 5 | |
| 1982 | 15 | |
| 1983 | 12 | |
| 1984 | 13 | |
| 1985 | 21 | |
| 1986 | 20 | |
| 1987 | 16 | |
| 1988 | 12 | |
| 1989 | 28 | |
| 1990 | 18 | |
| 1991 | 23 | |
| 1992 | 19 | |
| 1993 | 9 | |
| 1994 | 12 | |
| 1995 | 14 |
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 Lou Whitaker ranks #122 in Baseball
Lou Whitaker ranks 122nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1345th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 84, 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 1977–1995 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1989, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 1, all-star selections 5, gold gloves 3, career hits 2369.
Immediately ahead sits Pete Hill on 87.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Harry Heilmann on 87.2. 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.
Lou Whitaker GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Whitaker stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1989. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Whitaker comparisons
Lou Whitaker — frequently asked
- Is Lou Whitaker the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lou Whitaker ranks 122nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Lou Whitaker's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lou Whitaker rank all time?
- 1345th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 122nd within Baseball.
- Lou Whitaker vs Pete Hill: who ranks higher?
- Lou Whitaker, on 87.3 against Pete Hill's 87.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.