Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 55 | |
| 1939 | 58 | |
| 1940 | 61 | |
| 1941 | 64 | |
| 1942 | 67 | |
| 1943 | 70 | |
| 1944 | 73 | |
| 1945 | 77 | |
| 1946 | 80 | |
| 1947 | 83 | |
| 1948 | 86 | |
| 1949 | 89 | |
| 1950 | 92 | |
| 1951 | 95 | |
| 1952 | 83 | |
| 1953 | 71 | |
| 1954 | 59 | |
| 1955 | 47 | |
| 1956 | 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 Monte Irvin ranks #219 in Baseball
Monte Irvin ranks 219th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 3042nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 80, Statistics 84. 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 1938–1956 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1951, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes negro league titles 3, world series titles 1, rbi titles 1, all-star selections 1.
Immediately ahead sits Jim Bunning on 81.6, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Ray Dandridge on 81.3. 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.
Monte Irvin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Irvin stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1951. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Irvin comparisons
Monte Irvin — frequently asked
- Is Monte Irvin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Monte Irvin ranks 219th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 81.3, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Monte Irvin's GOAT Score?
- 81.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Monte Irvin rank all time?
- 3042nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 219th within Baseball.
- Monte Irvin vs Jim Bunning: who ranks higher?
- Jim Bunning, on 81.6 against Monte Irvin's 81.3 — a margin of 0.3 points.