Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 0.273 | |
| 1979 | 0.322 | |
| 1980 | 0.304 | |
| 1981 | 0.267 | |
| 1982 | 0.302 | |
| 1983 | 0.27 | |
| 1984 | 0.217 | |
| 1985 | 0.297 | |
| 1986 | 0.281 | |
| 1987 | 0.353 | |
| 1988 | 0.312 | |
| 1989 | 0.315 | |
| 1990 | 0.285 | |
| 1991 | 0.325 | |
| 1992 | 0.32 | |
| 1993 | 0.332 | |
| 1994 | 0.341 | |
| 1995 | 0.27 | |
| 1996 | 0.341 | |
| 1997 | 0.305 | |
| 1998 | 0.281 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- 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 Paul Molitor ranks #55 in Baseball
Paul Molitor ranks 55th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1166th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 92, 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 1978–1998 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, 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 hits 3319, world series mvp awards 1, all-star selections 7, career stolen bases 504.
Immediately ahead sits Craig Biggio on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Lee Smith on 88.7. 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.
Paul Molitor GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Molitor 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 1987. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- 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 Molitor comparisons
Paul Molitor — frequently asked
- Is Paul Molitor the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Paul Molitor ranks 55th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Paul Molitor's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Paul Molitor rank all time?
- 1166th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Baseball.
- Paul Molitor vs Craig Biggio: who ranks higher?
- Paul Molitor, on 88.7 against Craig Biggio's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.