Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 9 | |
| 1949 | 22 | |
| 1950 | 31 | |
| 1951 | 33 | |
| 1952 | 22 | |
| 1953 | 41 | |
| 1954 | 19 | |
| 1955 | 32 | |
| 1956 | 20 | |
| 1957 | 13 |
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 Roy Campanella ranks #129 in Baseball
Roy Campanella ranks 129th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1364th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 76, Honours 88, 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 1937–1957 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1953, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 3, world series titles 1, all-star selections 8, career home runs 242.
Immediately ahead sits Tim Raines on 87.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Buck Ewing on 87.0. 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.
Roy Campanella GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Campanella stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1953. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Roy Campanella — frequently asked
- Is Roy Campanella the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roy Campanella ranks 129th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Roy Campanella's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roy Campanella rank all time?
- 1364th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 129th within Baseball.
- Roy Campanella vs Tim Raines: who ranks higher?
- Roy Campanella, on 87.1 against Tim Raines's 87.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.