Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 55 | |
| 1957 | 62 | |
| 1958 | 68 | |
| 1959 | 75 | |
| 1960 | 81 | |
| 1961 | 88 | |
| 1962 | 94 | |
| 1963 | 89 | |
| 1964 | 83 | |
| 1965 | 78 | |
| 1966 | 73 | |
| 1967 | 67 | |
| 1968 | 62 | |
| 1969 | 56 | |
| 1970 | 51 | |
| 1971 | 46 | |
| 1972 | 40 | |
| 1973 | 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 Luis Aparicio ranks #204 in Baseball
Luis Aparicio ranks 204th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2894th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1956–1973 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes gold gloves 9, stolen-base titles 9, career stolen bases 506, all-star selections 13.
Immediately ahead sits Earl Averill on 83.4, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Dizzy Dean on 83.1. 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.
Luis Aparicio GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Aparicio stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Luis Aparicio — frequently asked
- Is Luis Aparicio the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Luis Aparicio ranks 204th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 83.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Luis Aparicio's GOAT Score?
- 83.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Luis Aparicio rank all time?
- 2894th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 204th within Baseball.
- Luis Aparicio vs Earl Averill: who ranks higher?
- Earl Averill, on 83.4 against Luis Aparicio's 83.2 — a margin of 0.2 points.