Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 0.255 | |
| 1956 | 0.311 | |
| 1957 | 0.253 | |
| 1958 | 0.289 | |
| 1959 | 0.296 | |
| 1960 | 0.314 | |
| 1961 | 0.351 | |
| 1962 | 0.312 | |
| 1963 | 0.32 | |
| 1964 | 0.339 | |
| 1965 | 0.329 | |
| 1966 | 0.317 | |
| 1967 | 0.357 | |
| 1968 | 0.291 | |
| 1969 | 0.345 | |
| 1970 | 0.352 | |
| 1971 | 0.341 | |
| 1972 | 0.312 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Roberto Clemente ranks #46 in Baseball
Roberto Clemente ranks 46th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 466th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1955–1972 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1967, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career hits 3000, gold gloves 12, mvp awards 1, batting titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Pedro Martínez on 88.6, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Clayton Kershaw on 87.8. 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.
Roberto Clemente GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clemente stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1967. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Clemente comparisons
Roberto Clemente — frequently asked
- Is Roberto Clemente the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roberto Clemente ranks 46th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.4, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Roberto Clemente's GOAT Score?
- 87.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roberto Clemente rank all time?
- 466th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 46th within Baseball.
- Roberto Clemente vs Pedro Martínez: who ranks higher?
- Pedro Martínez, on 88.6 against Roberto Clemente's 87.4 — a margin of 1.2 points.