Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 0.371 | |
| 1938 | 0.356 | |
| 1939 | 0.336 | |
| 1940 | 0.344 | |
| 1941 | 0.336 | |
| 1942 | 0.355 | |
| 1943 | 0.36 | |
| 1944 | 0.34 | |
| 1945 | 0.35 | |
| 1946 | 0.371 | |
| 1947 | 0.336 | |
| 1948 | 0.32 | |
| 1949 | 0.31 | |
| 1950 | 0.3 |
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 Willard Brown ranks #66 in Baseball
Willard Brown ranks 66th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1194th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 84, 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 1935–1958 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, 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, negro world series titles 2, negro league all-star selections 6, career batting average 0.352.
Immediately ahead sits Billy Hamilton on 88.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ed Delahanty on 88.5. 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.
Willard Brown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brown stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Brown comparisons
Willard Brown — frequently asked
- Is Willard Brown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Willard Brown ranks 66th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.5, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Willard Brown's GOAT Score?
- 88.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Willard Brown rank all time?
- 1194th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 66th within Baseball.
- Willard Brown vs Billy Hamilton: who ranks higher?
- Willard Brown, on 88.5 against Billy Hamilton's 88.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.