Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1879 | 37 | |
| 1880 | 20 | |
| 1881 | 28 | |
| 1882 | 46 | |
| 1883 | 46 | |
| 1884 | 46 | |
| 1885 | 29 | |
| 1886 | 29 | |
| 1887 | 28 | |
| 1888 | 23 | |
| 1889 | 23 | |
| 1890 | 12 | |
| 1891 | 14 | |
| 1892 | 5 |
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 Pud Galvin ranks #48 in Baseball
Pud Galvin ranks 48th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1130th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 82, Statistics 96. 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 1875–1892 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1882, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 365, career innings pitched 6003, career complete games 646, career shutouts 57.
Immediately ahead sits Warren Spahn on 89.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Frank Robinson on 88.9. 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.
Pud Galvin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Galvin stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1882. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Galvin comparisons
Pud Galvin — frequently asked
- Is Pud Galvin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pud Galvin ranks 48th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Pud Galvin's GOAT Score?
- 89.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pud Galvin rank all time?
- 1130th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Baseball.
- Pud Galvin vs Warren Spahn: who ranks higher?
- Pud Galvin, on 89.1 against Warren Spahn's 89.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.