Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 45 | |
| 1966 | 52 | |
| 1967 | 60 | |
| 1968 | 67 | |
| 1969 | 75 | |
| 1970 | 82 | |
| 1971 | 90 | |
| 1972 | 97 | |
| 1973 | 93 | |
| 1974 | 88 | |
| 1975 | 84 | |
| 1976 | 79 | |
| 1977 | 75 | |
| 1978 | 70 | |
| 1979 | 66 | |
| 1980 | 61 | |
| 1981 | 57 | |
| 1982 | 52 | |
| 1983 | 48 | |
| 1984 | 43 | |
| 1985 | 39 | |
| 1986 | 34 | |
| 1987 | 30 | |
| 1988 | 25 |
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 Steve Carlton ranks #44 in Baseball
Steve Carlton ranks 44th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1914th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 88, 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 1965–1988 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, 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 career wins 329, cy young awards 4, career strikeouts 4136, world series titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Bullet Rogan on 89.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Greg Maddux on 89.3. 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.
Steve Carlton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carlton stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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.
Top Carlton comparisons
Steve Carlton — frequently asked
- Is Steve Carlton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Steve Carlton ranks 44th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Steve Carlton's GOAT Score?
- 89.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Steve Carlton rank all time?
- 1914th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Baseball.
- Steve Carlton vs Bullet Rogan: who ranks higher?
- Steve Carlton, on 89.4 against Bullet Rogan's 89.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.