Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 55 | |
| 1951 | 59 | |
| 1952 | 63 | |
| 1953 | 67 | |
| 1954 | 71 | |
| 1955 | 76 | |
| 1956 | 80 | |
| 1957 | 84 | |
| 1958 | 88 | |
| 1959 | 92 | |
| 1960 | 96 | |
| 1961 | 87 | |
| 1962 | 77 | |
| 1963 | 68 | |
| 1964 | 58 | |
| 1965 | 49 | |
| 1966 | 39 | |
| 1967 | 30 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Whitey Ford ranks #161 in Baseball
Whitey Ford ranks 161st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2538th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 90, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1950–1967 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 wins 236, world series titles 6, cy young awards 1, world series wins 10.
Immediately ahead sits Bill Freehan on 86.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ken Griffey Jr. on 86.1. 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.
Whitey Ford GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ford stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1960. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Ford comparisons
Whitey Ford — frequently asked
- Is Whitey Ford the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Whitey Ford ranks 161st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Whitey Ford's GOAT Score?
- 86.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Whitey Ford rank all time?
- 2538th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 161st within Baseball.
- Whitey Ford vs Bill Freehan: who ranks higher?
- Whitey Ford, on 86.2 against Bill Freehan's 86.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.