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Gibson vs Ruth

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RuthWinner
94.6

Ruth wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Gibson
29.5

Gibson wins: no category outright

🇺🇸 Bob Gibson🇺🇸 Babe Ruth
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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Babe Ruth
94.6

Ruth leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. The sport's first superstar — an ace turned the greatest slugger alive.

1. Babe Ruth
94.6
2. Bob Gibson
29.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Home runs per season

GOAT pace tracker

Through age 23 · Home runs per season
1. 🇺🇸 Babe Ruth11 home runs
1 season by age 23 · 11 per season

Setting the pace at age 23

No verified birth date for Gibson — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 23, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricGibsonRetiredRuthRetired
Rawlings Gold Glove Award1—
Home runs—714
World Series titles—7
Career OPS—1.164
Batting average—0.342
RBIs—2,214
Pitching ERA—2.28
Dominance w25%29.8100
Peak w20%31.899
Longevity w20%25.482
Honours w20%33.294
Statistics w15%26.497
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GOAT Rank · the data
Ruth94.6
Gibson29.5
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Ruth—

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