Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 50 | |
| 1900 | 55 | |
| 1901 | 60 | |
| 1902 | 65 | |
| 1903 | 70 | |
| 1904 | 75 | |
| 1905 | 80 | |
| 1906 | 85 | |
| 1907 | 90 | |
| 1908 | 95 | |
| 1909 | 88 | |
| 1910 | 82 | |
| 1911 | 75 | |
| 1912 | 68 | |
| 1913 | 62 | |
| 1914 | 55 | |
| 1915 | 48 | |
| 1916 | 42 | |
| 1917 | 35 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sam Crawford ranks #195 in Baseball
Sam Crawford ranks 195th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2799th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 78, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1899–1917 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1908, 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 triples 309, career hits 2961, career rbis 1525, rbi titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Vladimir Guerrero on 84.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Richie Ashburn on 84.2. 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.
Sam Crawford GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Crawford stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1908. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Crawford comparisons
Sam Crawford — frequently asked
- Is Sam Crawford the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sam Crawford ranks 195th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Sam Crawford's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sam Crawford rank all time?
- 2799th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 195th within Baseball.
- Sam Crawford vs Vladimir Guerrero: who ranks higher?
- Vladimir Guerrero, on 84.4 against Sam Crawford's 84.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.