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Leonard vs Glavine

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LeonardWinner
89.7

Leonard wins: Dominance, Peak

Glavine
89.6

Glavine wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Buck Leonard
89.7

Leonard leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The Black Lou Gehrig, powering the Homestead Grays to nine straight pennants.

1. Buck Leonard
89.7
2. Tom Glavine
89.6

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. 🇺🇸 Tom Glavine5 seasons played · career day 1,82553 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Buck Leonard5 seasons played · career day 2,1901.8 home runs
-96.6% vs Glavine at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Leonard0000.3241.3882.833
🇺🇸 Glavine002953124

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.

MetricLeonardRetiredGlavineRetired
Negro League pennants9
Negro World Series titles2
Career batting average0.343
All-Star selections1210
Seasons played18
Career wins305
Cy Young Awards2
World Series titles1
Career strikeouts2,607
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%8892
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Leonard89.7
Glavine89.6
The people
Leonard
Glavine

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