Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 12 | |
| 1936 | 14 | |
| 1937 | 16 | |
| 1938 | 18 | |
| 1939 | 15 | |
| 1940 | 13 | |
| 1941 | 12 | |
| 1942 | 10 | |
| 1943 | 9 | |
| 1944 | 8 | |
| 1945 | 6 | |
| 1946 | 4 | |
| 1947 | 6 | |
| 1948 | 12 | |
| 1949 | 3 |
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 Satchel Paige ranks #27 in Baseball
Satchel Paige ranks 27th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 329th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 94, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 1926–1965 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1938, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity 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 negro league all-star selections 5, world series titles 1, career wins 146, shutouts 20.
Immediately ahead sits Ichiro Suzuki on 88.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Brooks Robinson on 87.6. 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.
Satchel Paige GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Paige stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1938. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 39 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Satchel Paige — frequently asked
- Is Satchel Paige the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Satchel Paige ranks 27th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Satchel Paige's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Satchel Paige rank all time?
- 329th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 27th within Baseball.
- Satchel Paige vs Ichiro Suzuki: who ranks higher?
- Satchel Paige, on 88.3 against Ichiro Suzuki's 88.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.