Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2 | |
| 1988 | 7 | |
| 1989 | 14 | |
| 1990 | 10 | |
| 1991 | 20 | |
| 1992 | 20 | |
| 1993 | 22 | |
| 1994 | 13 | |
| 1995 | 16 | |
| 1996 | 15 | |
| 1997 | 14 | |
| 1998 | 20 | |
| 1999 | 14 | |
| 2000 | 21 | |
| 2001 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 18 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 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 Tom Glavine ranks #35 in Baseball
Tom Glavine ranks 35th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1067th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 88, 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 1987–2008 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, 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 career wins 305, cy young awards 2, world series titles 1, all-star selections 10.
Immediately ahead sits Rod Carew on 89.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Buck Leonard on 89.7. 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.
Tom Glavine GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Glavine stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Glavine comparisons
Tom Glavine — frequently asked
- Is Tom Glavine the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tom Glavine ranks 35th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Tom Glavine's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tom Glavine rank all time?
- 1067th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Baseball.
- Tom Glavine vs Rod Carew: who ranks higher?
- Rod Carew, on 89.7 against Tom Glavine's 89.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.