Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 10 | |
| 1933 | 12 | |
| 1934 | 14 | |
| 1935 | 15 | |
| 1936 | 16 | |
| 1937 | 15 | |
| 1938 | 14 | |
| 1939 | 13 | |
| 1940 | 12 | |
| 1941 | 10 | |
| 1942 | 8 | |
| 1943 | 6 |
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 Ray Brown ranks #85 in Baseball
Ray Brown ranks 85th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1244th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1930–1948 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1936, 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 negro league pennants 9, negro world series titles 2, career winning percentage 0.72, east-west all-star selections 3.
Immediately ahead sits John Clarkson on 88.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Tom Seaver on 88.0. 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.
Ray Brown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brown 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 1936. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Brown comparisons
Ray Brown — frequently asked
- Is Ray Brown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ray Brown ranks 85th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Ray Brown's GOAT Score?
- 88.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ray Brown rank all time?
- 1244th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 85th within Baseball.
- Ray Brown vs John Clarkson: who ranks higher?
- Ray Brown, on 88.1 against John Clarkson's 88.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.