Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.268 | |
| 2004 | 0.294 | |
| 2005 | 0.323 | |
| 2006 | 0.339 | |
| 2007 | 0.32 | |
| 2008 | 0.292 | |
| 2009 | 0.324 | |
| 2010 | 0.328 | |
| 2011 | 0.344 | |
| 2012 | 0.33 | |
| 2013 | 0.348 | |
| 2014 | 0.313 | |
| 2015 | 0.338 | |
| 2016 | 0.316 | |
| 2017 | 0.249 | |
| 2018 | 0.299 | |
| 2019 | 0.282 | |
| 2020 | 0.25 | |
| 2021 | 0.256 | |
| 2022 | 0.254 | |
| 2023 | 0.257 |
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 Miguel Cabrera ranks #37 in Baseball
Miguel Cabrera ranks 37th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 385th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 86, 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 2003–2023 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 92. 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 triple crowns 1, league mvp awards 2, career hits 3174, home runs 511.
Immediately ahead sits Lou Gehrig on 89.9, a gap of 1.6 points. Directly behind is Rogers Hornsby on 89.5. 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.
Miguel Cabrera GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cabrera stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Cabrera comparisons
Miguel Cabrera — frequently asked
- Is Miguel Cabrera the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Miguel Cabrera ranks 37th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Miguel Cabrera's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Miguel Cabrera rank all time?
- 385th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Baseball.
- Miguel Cabrera vs Lou Gehrig: who ranks higher?
- Lou Gehrig, on 89.9 against Miguel Cabrera's 88.3 — a margin of 1.6 points.