Who is better, Ruth or Quero?
Babe Ruth leads with a GOAT score of 94.6 against 16.7 for Edgar Quero — a gap of 77.9 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Ruth vs Quero
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RuthWinner
94.6Ruth wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Quero
16.7Quero wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Babe Ruth
94.6
Ruth leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Quero — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Babe Ruth
2. Edgar Quero
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 23 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Babe Ruth11 home runs
1 season by age 23 · 11 per season
Setting the pace at age 23
No verified birth date for Quero — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 23, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | RuthRetired | QueroActive · Chicago White Sox |
|---|---|---|
| Home runs | 714 | — |
| World Series titles | 7 | — |
| Career OPS | 1.164 | — |
| Batting average | 0.342 | — |
| RBIs | 2,214 | — |
| Pitching ERA | 2.28 | — |
| MLB games | — | 180 |
| MLB hits | — | 136 |
| MLB home runs | — | 8 |
| MLB award: Baseball America Low Class A All-Star | — | 1 |
| MLB award: CAL Post-Season All-Star | — | 1 |
| MLB award: MiLB.com Organization All-Star | — | 1 |
| MLB award: SOU Post-Season All-Star | — | 1 |
| Number | — | 26 |
| Dominance w25% | 100 | 16.6 |
| Peak w20% | 99 | 21.5 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 14.6 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 12.6 |
| Statistics w15% | 97 | 18.4 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ruth94.6
Quero16.7
FAQ
Where does Quero beat Ruth?
Quero does not lead any of the five categories; Ruth is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Ruth vs Quero score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Ruth: 94.6, Quero: 16.7.
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