Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 0 | |
| 1927 | 1 | |
| 1928 | 18 | |
| 1929 | 42 | |
| 1930 | 25 | |
| 1931 | 29 | |
| 1932 | 38 | |
| 1933 | 23 | |
| 1934 | 35 | |
| 1935 | 31 | |
| 1936 | 33 | |
| 1937 | 31 | |
| 1938 | 36 | |
| 1939 | 27 | |
| 1940 | 19 | |
| 1941 | 27 | |
| 1942 | 30 | |
| 1943 | 18 | |
| 1944 | 26 | |
| 1945 | 21 | |
| 1946 | 5 | |
| 1947 | 1 |
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 Mel Ott ranks #35 in Baseball
Mel Ott ranks 35th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 364th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 86, 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 1926–1947 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1929, which sets the Peak component at 90. 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 world series titles 1, career home runs 511, home run titles 6, all-star selections 12.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Schmidt on 88.5, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Lou Gehrig on 89.9. 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.
Mel Ott GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ott stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1929. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Ott comparisons
Mel Ott — frequently asked
- Is Mel Ott the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mel Ott ranks 35th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Mel Ott's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mel Ott rank all time?
- 364th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Baseball.
- Mel Ott vs Mike Schmidt: who ranks higher?
- Mike Schmidt, on 88.5 against Mel Ott's 88.0 — a margin of 0.5 points.