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Mazeroski vs Cepeda

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CepedaWinner
86.0

Cepeda wins: Dominance

Mazeroski
85.9

Mazeroski wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇷 Orlando Cepeda
86.0

Cepeda leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Unanimous MVP in 1967 and a Rookie of the Year nine years earlier.

1. Orlando Cepeda
86.0
2. Bill Mazeroski
85.9

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. 🇵🇷 Orlando Cepeda5 seasons played · career day 1,825157 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bill Mazeroski5 seasons played · career day 1,82648 home runs
-69.4% vs Cepeda at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Mazeroski003113793
🇵🇷 Cepeda002552157243

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.

MetricMazeroskiRetiredCepedaRetired
World Series titles21
Gold Gloves8
All-Star selections1011
Career double plays turned1,706
Seasons played17
MVP awards1
Rookie of the Year awards1
Career home runs379
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8684
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%9090

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Cepeda86.0
Mazeroski85.9
The people
Mazeroski
Cepeda

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