Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 7 | |
| 1960 | 17 | |
| 1961 | 13 | |
| 1962 | 38 | |
| 1963 | 40 | |
| 1964 | 55 | |
| 1965 | 42 | |
| 1966 | 48 | |
| 1967 | 47 | |
| 1968 | 49 | |
| 1969 | 44 | |
| 1970 | 47 | |
| 1971 | 39 | |
| 1972 | 48 | |
| 1973 | 51 | |
| 1974 | 49 | |
| 1975 | 33 | |
| 1976 | 49 | |
| 1977 | 50 | |
| 1978 | 39 | |
| 1979 | 33 | |
| 1980 | 30 |
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 Sadaharu Oh ranks #5 in Baseball
Sadaharu Oh ranks 5th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 147th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 92, 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 1959–1980 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 94. 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 career home runs 868, japan series titles 11, league mvp awards 9, home run titles 15.
Immediately ahead sits Cy Young on 92.1, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Babe Ruth on 94.6. 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.
Sadaharu Oh GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Oh stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Oh comparisons
Sadaharu Oh — frequently asked
- Is Sadaharu Oh the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sadaharu Oh ranks 5th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 92.6, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Sadaharu Oh's GOAT Score?
- 92.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sadaharu Oh rank all time?
- 147th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Baseball.
- Sadaharu Oh vs Cy Young: who ranks higher?
- Sadaharu Oh, on 92.6 against Cy Young's 92.1 — a margin of 0.5 points.