Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 0.333 | |
| 1949 | 0.284 | |
| 1950 | 0.303 | |
| 1951 | 0.344 | |
| 1952 | 0.282 | |
| 1953 | 0.33 | |
| 1954 | 0.313 | |
| 1955 | 0.338 | |
| 1956 | 0.303 | |
| 1957 | 0.297 | |
| 1958 | 0.35 | |
| 1959 | 0.266 | |
| 1960 | 0.291 | |
| 1961 | 0.257 | |
| 1962 | 0.306 |
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 Richie Ashburn ranks #175 in Baseball
Richie Ashburn ranks 175th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1615th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 78, 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 1948–1962 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes batting titles 2, career hits 2574, career batting average 0.308, all-star selections 6.
Immediately ahead sits Jack Chesbro on 84.5, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Billy Herman on 84.2. 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.
Richie Ashburn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ashburn stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Richie Ashburn — frequently asked
- Is Richie Ashburn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Richie Ashburn ranks 175th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 84.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Richie Ashburn's GOAT Score?
- 84.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Richie Ashburn rank all time?
- 1615th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 175th within Baseball.
- Richie Ashburn vs Jack Chesbro: who ranks higher?
- Jack Chesbro, on 84.5 against Richie Ashburn's 84.2 — a margin of 0.3 points.