Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 27 | |
| 1912 | 45 | |
| 1913 | 61 | |
| 1914 | 38 | |
| 1915 | 36 | |
| 1916 | 63 | |
| 1917 | 46 | |
| 1918 | 58 | |
| 1919 | 18 | |
| 1920 | 52 | |
| 1921 | 37 | |
| 1922 | 51 | |
| 1923 | 51 | |
| 1924 | 49 | |
| 1925 | 46 | |
| 1926 | 13 | |
| 1927 | 32 | |
| 1928 | 18 | |
| 1929 | 18 |
Data sources
- MLB
- 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 Max Carey ranks #155 in Baseball
Max Carey ranks 155th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1474th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 90, Honours 80, Statistics 92. 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 1910–1929 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1916, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stolen base titles 10, career stolen bases 738, career hits 2665, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Orlando Cepeda on 86.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Bill Mazeroski on 85.9. 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.
Max Carey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carey stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1916. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Carey comparisons
Max Carey — frequently asked
- Is Max Carey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Max Carey ranks 155th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Max Carey's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Max Carey rank all time?
- 1474th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 155th within Baseball.
- Max Carey vs Orlando Cepeda: who ranks higher?
- Orlando Cepeda, on 86.0 against Max Carey's 85.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.