Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 11 | |
| 1964 | 21 | |
| 1965 | 27 | |
| 1966 | 33 | |
| 1967 | 20 | |
| 1968 | 24 | |
| 1969 | 29 | |
| 1970 | 31 | |
| 1971 | 48 | |
| 1972 | 33 | |
| 1973 | 44 | |
| 1974 | 25 | |
| 1975 | 22 | |
| 1976 | 20 | |
| 1977 | 28 | |
| 1978 | 32 | |
| 1979 | 32 | |
| 1980 | 11 | |
| 1981 | 0 |
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 Willie Stargell ranks #51 in Baseball
Willie Stargell ranks 51st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 500th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 86, 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 1962–1982 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1971, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 2, mvp awards 1, career home runs 475, all-star selections 7.
Immediately ahead sits Max Scherzer on 86.9, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Johnny Bench on 87.1. 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.
Willie Stargell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Stargell stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1971. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Stargell comparisons
Willie Stargell — frequently asked
- Is Willie Stargell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Willie Stargell ranks 51st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Willie Stargell's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Willie Stargell rank all time?
- 500th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 51st within Baseball.
- Willie Stargell vs Max Scherzer: who ranks higher?
- Max Scherzer, on 86.9 against Willie Stargell's 86.7 — a margin of 0.2 points.