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Ewing vs Acuña

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EwingWinner
87.0

Ewing wins: Longevity

Acuña
86.9

Acuña wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Buck Ewing
87.0

Ewing leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Widely regarded as the finest catcher of the 19th century.

1. Buck Ewing
87.0
2. Ronald Acuña Jr
86.9

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. 🇻🇪 Ronald Acuña Jr5 seasons played · career day 1,825120 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Buck Ewing5 seasons played · career day 1,8261.3 home runs
-98.9% vs Acuña at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ewing000.1780.4240.9982.556
🇻🇪 Acuña002667120183

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.

MetricEwingRetiredAcuñaActive
Career hits1,625
Career batting average0.303
Home run titles1
Career triples178
Seasons played18
MVP awards1
Rookie of the Year awards1
Home runs in 202341
Stolen bases in 202373
All-Star selections4
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9298
Longevity w20%8470
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9094

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ewing87.0
Acuña86.9
The people
Ewing
Acuña

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