Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 35 | |
| 1994 | 24 | |
| 1995 | 32 | |
| 1996 | 36 | |
| 1997 | 40 | |
| 1998 | 32 | |
| 1999 | 40 | |
| 2000 | 38 | |
| 2001 | 36 | |
| 2002 | 33 | |
| 2003 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 20 | |
| 2005 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 22 | |
| 2007 | 8 |
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 Mike Piazza ranks #54 in Baseball
Mike Piazza ranks 54th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 516th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 84, 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 1992–2007 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, 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 career home runs 427, all-star selections 12, silver sluggers 10, rookie of the year awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Thomas on 87.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Juan Marichal on 86.8. 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.
Mike Piazza GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Piazza 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 1997. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Piazza comparisons
Mike Piazza — frequently asked
- Is Mike Piazza the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Piazza ranks 54th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Mike Piazza's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Piazza rank all time?
- 516th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 54th within Baseball.
- Mike Piazza vs Frank Thomas: who ranks higher?
- Mike Piazza, on 87.1 against Frank Thomas's 87.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.