Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.243 | |
| 1971 | 0.304 | |
| 1972 | 0.303 | |
| 1973 | 0.31 | |
| 1974 | 0.272 | |
| 1975 | 0.332 | |
| 1976 | 0.291 | |
| 1977 | 0.318 | |
| 1978 | 0.287 | |
| 1979 | 0.283 | |
| 1980 | 0.303 | |
| 1981 | 0.216 | |
| 1982 | 0.269 | |
| 1983 | 0.308 | |
| 1984 | 0.221 | |
| 1985 | 0.273 | |
| 1986 | 0.252 | |
| 1987 | 0.277 | |
| 1988 | 0.196 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- 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 Ted Simmons ranks #145 in Baseball
Ted Simmons ranks 145th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1431st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 82, Statistics 94. 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 1968–1988 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1975, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 8, career hits 2472, career rbis 1389, career home runs 248.
Immediately ahead sits Hilton Smith on 86.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is George Davis on 86.3. 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.
Ted Simmons GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Simmons stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1975. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Simmons comparisons
Ted Simmons — frequently asked
- Is Ted Simmons the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ted Simmons ranks 145th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Ted Simmons's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ted Simmons rank all time?
- 1431st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 145th within Baseball.
- Ted Simmons vs Hilton Smith: who ranks higher?
- Ted Simmons, on 86.4 against Hilton Smith's 86.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.