Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 0.362 | |
| 1924 | 0.365 | |
| 1925 | 0.378 | |
| 1926 | 0.375 | |
| 1927 | 0.352 | |
| 1928 | 0.345 | |
| 1929 | 0.378 | |
| 1930 | 0.354 | |
| 1931 | 0.35 | |
| 1932 | 0.34 | |
| 1933 | 0.324 | |
| 1934 | 0.318 | |
| 1935 | 0.301 |
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 Turkey Stearnes ranks #31 in Baseball
Turkey Stearnes ranks 31st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1049th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 84, 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 1923–1942 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1925, 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 negro league home run titles 7, career batting average 0.348, negro league all-star selections 5, seasons played 20.
Immediately ahead sits Honus Wagner on 89.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jim Thome on 89.8. 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.
Turkey Stearnes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Stearnes stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1925. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Stearnes comparisons
Turkey Stearnes — frequently asked
- Is Turkey Stearnes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Turkey Stearnes ranks 31st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.8, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Turkey Stearnes's GOAT Score?
- 89.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Turkey Stearnes rank all time?
- 1049th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 31st within Baseball.
- Turkey Stearnes vs Honus Wagner: who ranks higher?
- Turkey Stearnes, on 89.8 against Honus Wagner's 89.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.