Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.264 | |
| 1992 | 0.26 | |
| 1993 | 0.273 | |
| 1994 | 0.298 | |
| 1995 | 0.303 | |
| 1996 | 0.3 | |
| 1997 | 0.313 | |
| 1998 | 0.321 | |
| 1999 | 0.332 | |
| 2000 | 0.347 | |
| 2001 | 0.308 | |
| 2002 | 0.314 | |
| 2003 | 0.297 | |
| 2004 | 0.334 | |
| 2005 | 0.276 | |
| 2006 | 0.3 | |
| 2007 | 0.281 | |
| 2008 | 0.276 | |
| 2009 | 0.249 | |
| 2010 | 0.266 | |
| 2011 | 0.218 |
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 Pudge Rodríguez ranks #14 in Baseball
Pudge Rodríguez ranks 14th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 885th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 92, Honours 90, 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 1991–2011 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, which sets the Peak component at 94. 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 gold gloves 13, mvp awards 1, all-star selections 14, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Grover Cleveland Alexander on 91.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Chipper Jones on 91.2. 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.
Pudge Rodríguez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rodríguez 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 2000. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Rodríguez comparisons
Pudge Rodríguez — frequently asked
- Is Pudge Rodríguez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pudge Rodríguez ranks 14th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 91.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Pudge Rodríguez's GOAT Score?
- 91.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pudge Rodríguez rank all time?
- 885th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Baseball.
- Pudge Rodríguez vs Grover Cleveland Alexander: who ranks higher?
- Grover Cleveland Alexander, on 91.8 against Pudge Rodríguez's 91.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.