Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 0.292 | |
| 1968 | 0.273 | |
| 1969 | 0.332 | |
| 1970 | 0.366 | |
| 1971 | 0.307 | |
| 1972 | 0.318 | |
| 1973 | 0.35 | |
| 1974 | 0.364 | |
| 1975 | 0.359 | |
| 1976 | 0.331 | |
| 1977 | 0.388 | |
| 1978 | 0.333 | |
| 1979 | 0.318 | |
| 1980 | 0.331 | |
| 1981 | 0.305 | |
| 1982 | 0.319 | |
| 1983 | 0.339 | |
| 1984 | 0.295 | |
| 1985 | 0.28 |
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 Rod Carew ranks #34 in Baseball
Rod Carew ranks 34th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1066th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 94. 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 1967–1985 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1977, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career hits 3053, batting titles 7, mvp awards 1, all-star selections 18.
Immediately ahead sits Roger Clemens on 89.6, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Tom Glavine on 89.6. 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.
Rod Carew GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carew stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1977. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Carew comparisons
Rod Carew — frequently asked
- Is Rod Carew the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rod Carew ranks 34th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Rod Carew's GOAT Score?
- 89.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rod Carew rank all time?
- 1066th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Baseball.
- Rod Carew vs Roger Clemens: who ranks higher?
- Rod Carew, on 89.7 against Roger Clemens's 89.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.