Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 71 | |
| 1982 | 78 | |
| 1983 | 90 | |
| 1984 | 75 | |
| 1985 | 70 | |
| 1986 | 70 | |
| 1987 | 50 | |
| 1988 | 33 | |
| 1989 | 41 | |
| 1990 | 49 | |
| 1991 | 51 | |
| 1992 | 45 | |
| 1993 | 21 | |
| 1994 | 13 | |
| 1995 | 13 | |
| 1996 | 10 | |
| 1997 | 8 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 2 |
Data sources
- MLB
- 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 Tim Raines ranks #41 in Baseball
Tim Raines ranks 41st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 412th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 82, 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 1979–2002 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career stolen bases 808, all-star selections 7, world series titles 2, career hits 2605.
Immediately ahead sits Ozzie Smith on 86.8, a gap of -0.3 points. Directly behind is Christy Mathewson on 89.1. 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.
Tim Raines GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Raines stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Raines comparisons
Tim Raines — frequently asked
- Is Tim Raines the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tim Raines ranks 41st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Tim Raines's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tim Raines rank all time?
- 412th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Baseball.
- Tim Raines vs Ozzie Smith: who ranks higher?
- Tim Raines, on 87.1 against Ozzie Smith's 86.8 — a margin of 0.3 points.