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Freehan vs Hoyt

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FreehanWinner
86.2

Freehan wins: Honours

Hoyt
86.2

Hoyt wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Bill Freehan
86.2

Freehan leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Eleven-time All-Star catcher who caught the 1968 World Series clincher.

1. Bill Freehan
86.2
2. Waite Hoyt
86.2

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. 🇺🇸 Bill Freehan5 seasons played · career day 2,55569 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Waite Hoyt5 seasons played · career day 2,19065 home runs
-5.8% vs Freehan at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Freehan000037110
🇺🇸 Hoyt000448110

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.

MetricFreehanRetiredHoytRetired
All-Star selections11
Gold Gloves5
World Series titles13
Career home runs200
Seasons played1521
Career wins237
Career strikeouts1,206
World Series wins6
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8690
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Freehan86.2
Hoyt86.2
The people
Freehan
Hoyt

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