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Ferrell vs Ruth

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RuthWinner
94.6

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

Ferrell
34.3

Ferrell wins: no category outright

🇺🇸 Rick Ferrell🇺🇸 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. Rick Ferrell
34.3

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 Ferrell — 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.

MetricFerrellRetiredRuthRetired
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame1—
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame1—
Home runs—714
World Series titles—7
Career OPS—1.164
Batting average—0.342
RBIs—2,214
Pitching ERA—2.28
Dominance w25%34.8100
Peak w20%36.899
Longevity w20%2982
Honours w20%39.694
Statistics w15%3097
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GOAT Rank · the data
Ruth94.6
Ferrell34.3
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Ruth—

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