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Freehan vs Griffey

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FreehanWinner
86.2

Freehan wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Griffey
86.1

Griffey wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Bill Freehan
86.2

Freehan leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Eleven-time All-Star catcher who caught the 1968 World Series clincher.

1. Bill Freehan
86.2
2. Ken Griffey Jr.
86.1

Category breakdown

Season form · Home runs per season

Career timeline · Home runs per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Home runs per season
1. 🇺🇸 Ken Griffey Jr.5 seasons played · career day 1,825132 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bill Freehan5 seasons played · career day 2,55569 home runs
-47.7% vs Griffey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Freehan000037110
🇺🇸 Griffey001638132294

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricFreehanRetiredGriffeyRetired
All-Star selections1113
Gold Gloves510
World Series titles1
Career home runs200
Seasons played15
Home runs630
MVP awards1
Career RBIs1,836
Silver Sluggers7
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8684
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Freehan86.2
Griffey86.1
The people
Freehan
Griffey

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