Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 25 | |
| 1959 | 27 | |
| 1960 | 24 | |
| 1961 | 46 | |
| 1962 | 35 | |
| 1963 | 34 | |
| 1964 | 31 | |
| 1965 | 1 | |
| 1966 | 20 | |
| 1967 | 25 | |
| 1968 | 16 | |
| 1969 | 22 | |
| 1970 | 34 | |
| 1971 | 14 | |
| 1972 | 4 | |
| 1973 | 20 | |
| 1974 | 1 |
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 Orlando Cepeda ranks #154 in Baseball
Orlando Cepeda ranks 154th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1468th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 1958–1974 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1961, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, rookie of the year awards 1, world series titles 1, career home runs 379.
Immediately ahead sits Don Drysdale on 86.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Max Carey on 85.9. 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.
Orlando Cepeda GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cepeda stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1961. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Orlando Cepeda — frequently asked
- Is Orlando Cepeda the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Orlando Cepeda ranks 154th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Orlando Cepeda's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Orlando Cepeda rank all time?
- 1468th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 154th within Baseball.
- Orlando Cepeda vs Don Drysdale: who ranks higher?
- Don Drysdale, on 86.1 against Orlando Cepeda's 86.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.