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Fisk vs Gordon

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FiskWinner
85.5

Fisk wins: Longevity

Gordon
85.5

Gordon wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Carlton Fisk
85.5

Fisk leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Hit 376 home runs, the most by a catcher when he retired.

1. Carlton Fisk
85.5
2. Joe Gordon
85.5

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. 🇺🇸 Carlton Fisk5 seasons played · career day 1,825326 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Joe Gordon5 seasons played · career day 1,825125 home runs
-61.7% vs Fisk at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Fisk0050108326688
🇺🇸 Gordon002553125214

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.

MetricFiskRetiredGordonRetired
Career home runs376253
All-Star selections119
Rookie of the Year awards1
Career games caught2,226
Silver Sluggers3
MVP awards1
World Series titles5
Career RBI975
Dominance w25%7882
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9278
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%8892

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Fisk85.5
Gordon85.5
The people
Fisk
Gordon

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