Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 9 | |
| 1904 | 15 | |
| 1905 | 18 | |
| 1906 | 26 | |
| 1907 | 20 | |
| 1908 | 29 | |
| 1909 | 27 | |
| 1910 | 25 | |
| 1911 | 21 | |
| 1912 | 5 | |
| 1913 | 11 | |
| 1914 | 14 | |
| 1915 | 17 | |
| 1916 | 2 |
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 Mordecai Brown ranks #83 in Baseball
Mordecai Brown ranks 83rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1242nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 80, 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 1903–1916 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1908, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 239, career era 2.06, world series titles 2, career shutouts 55.
Immediately ahead sits Edgar Martínez on 88.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is John Clarkson on 88.1. 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.
Mordecai Brown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brown stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1908. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- 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 Brown comparisons
Mordecai Brown — frequently asked
- Is Mordecai Brown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mordecai Brown ranks 83rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Mordecai Brown's GOAT Score?
- 88.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mordecai Brown rank all time?
- 1242nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 83rd within Baseball.
- Mordecai Brown vs Edgar Martínez: who ranks higher?
- Edgar Martínez, on 88.2 against Mordecai Brown's 88.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.