Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.302 | |
| 1971 | 0.251 | |
| 1972 | 0.28 | |
| 1973 | 0.301 | |
| 1974 | 0.261 | |
| 1975 | 0.318 | |
| 1976 | 0.302 | |
| 1977 | 0.308 | |
| 1978 | 0.297 | |
| 1979 | 0.288 |
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 Thurman Munson ranks #166 in Baseball
Thurman Munson ranks 166th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1536th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 74, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 1969–1979 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1975, 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 mvp awards 1, world series titles 2, gold gloves 3, all-star selections 7.
Immediately ahead sits David Ortiz on 85.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Stan Coveleski on 85.0. 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.
Thurman Munson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Munson stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1975. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Munson comparisons
Thurman Munson — frequently asked
- Is Thurman Munson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Thurman Munson ranks 166th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.1, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Thurman Munson's GOAT Score?
- 85.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Thurman Munson rank all time?
- 1536th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 166th within Baseball.
- Thurman Munson vs David Ortiz: who ranks higher?
- Thurman Munson, on 85.1 against David Ortiz's 85.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.