Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 50 | |
| 1948 | 54 | |
| 1949 | 58 | |
| 1950 | 62 | |
| 1951 | 66 | |
| 1952 | 70 | |
| 1953 | 74 | |
| 1954 | 78 | |
| 1955 | 82 | |
| 1956 | 86 | |
| 1957 | 90 | |
| 1958 | 94 | |
| 1959 | 85 | |
| 1960 | 76 | |
| 1961 | 67 | |
| 1962 | 59 | |
| 1963 | 50 | |
| 1964 | 41 | |
| 1965 | 32 |
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 Nellie Fox ranks #213 in Baseball
Nellie Fox ranks 213th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2965th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 86. 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 1947–1965 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, all-star selections 12, career hits 2663, gold gloves 3.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Torre on 82.7, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Earle Combs on 82.2. 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.
Nellie Fox GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fox stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Fox comparisons
Nellie Fox — frequently asked
- Is Nellie Fox the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nellie Fox ranks 213th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 82.3, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Nellie Fox's GOAT Score?
- 82.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nellie Fox rank all time?
- 2965th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 213th within Baseball.
- Nellie Fox vs Joe Torre: who ranks higher?
- Joe Torre, on 82.7 against Nellie Fox's 82.3 — a margin of 0.4 points.