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Hamilton vs Schmidt

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HamiltonWinner
88.5

Hamilton wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Schmidt
88.5

Schmidt wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Billy Hamilton
88.5

Hamilton leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Stole 914 bases and scored 198 runs in 1894, still a record.

1. Billy Hamilton
88.5
2. Mike Schmidt
88.5

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. 🇺🇸 Mike Schmidt5 seasons played · career day 2,191168 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Billy Hamilton5 seasons played · career day 1,8261.6 home runs
-99.0% vs Schmidt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hamilton000.2640.5651.233.098
🇺🇸 Schmidt0001892282

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.

MetricHamiltonRetiredSchmidtRetired
Career stolen bases914
Career batting average0.344
Runs in 1894198
Batting titles2
Career runs1,697
MVP awards3
Home runs548
Gold Gloves10
World Series titles1
Home run titles8
All-Star selections12
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%8288
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9492

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hamilton88.5
Schmidt88.5
The people
Hamilton
Schmidt

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