Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 8 | |
| 1947 | 21 | |
| 1948 | 15 | |
| 1949 | 21 | |
| 1950 | 22 | |
| 1951 | 14 | |
| 1952 | 23 | |
| 1953 | 21 | |
| 1954 | 17 | |
| 1955 | 20 | |
| 1956 | 21 | |
| 1957 | 22 | |
| 1958 | 21 | |
| 1959 | 21 | |
| 1960 | 23 | |
| 1961 | 18 | |
| 1962 | 23 | |
| 1963 | 6 |
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 Warren Spahn ranks #14 in Baseball
Warren Spahn ranks 14th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 249th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 94, Honours 86, 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 1942–1965 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1952, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 career wins 363, cy young awards 1, all-star selections 17, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Randy Johnson on 90.5, a gap of 1.4 points. Directly behind is Roger Clemens on 89.6. 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.
Warren Spahn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Spahn stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1952. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Spahn comparisons
Warren Spahn — frequently asked
- Is Warren Spahn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Warren Spahn ranks 14th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.1, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Warren Spahn's GOAT Score?
- 89.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Warren Spahn rank all time?
- 249th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Baseball.
- Warren Spahn vs Randy Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Randy Johnson, on 90.5 against Warren Spahn's 89.1 — a margin of 1.4 points.