Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 95
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 0.313 | |
| 1917 | 0.327 | |
| 1918 | 0.281 | |
| 1919 | 0.318 | |
| 1920 | 0.37 | |
| 1921 | 0.397 | |
| 1922 | 0.401 | |
| 1923 | 0.384 | |
| 1924 | 0.424 | |
| 1925 | 0.403 | |
| 1926 | 0.317 | |
| 1927 | 0.361 | |
| 1928 | 0.387 | |
| 1929 | 0.38 | |
| 1930 | 0.308 | |
| 1931 | 0.331 |
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 Rogers Hornsby ranks #38 in Baseball
Rogers Hornsby ranks 38th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 392nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 95, Longevity 84, Honours 84, 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 1915–1937 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1924, which sets the Peak component at 95. 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 batting titles 7, triple crowns 2, mvp awards 2, career batting average 0.358.
Immediately ahead sits Miguel Cabrera on 88.3, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Yogi Berra on 87.9. 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.
Rogers Hornsby GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hornsby stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak95/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1924. Scored 95/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
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Rogers Hornsby — frequently asked
- Is Rogers Hornsby the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rogers Hornsby ranks 38th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.5, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Rogers Hornsby's GOAT Score?
- 89.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 95 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rogers Hornsby rank all time?
- 392nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Baseball.
- Rogers Hornsby vs Miguel Cabrera: who ranks higher?
- Rogers Hornsby, on 89.5 against Miguel Cabrera's 88.3 — a margin of 1.2 points.