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Chance vs Smith

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ChanceWinner
86.5

Chance wins: Honours

Smith
86.4

Smith wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Frank Chance
86.5

Chance leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Player-manager who led the Cubs to back-to-back World Series titles.

1. Frank Chance
86.5
2. Hilton Smith
86.4

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. 🇺🇸 Hilton Smith5 seasons played · career day 3,28771 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Frank Chance5 seasons played · career day 2,5551.5 home runs
-97.9% vs Smith at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Chance00000.8572.422
🇺🇸 Smith0000071

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.

MetricChanceRetiredSmithRetired
World Series titles2
Pennants as manager4
Career batting average0.296
Career stolen bases401
Wins as manager946
Negro World Series titles1
Negro League pennants4
East-West All-Star selections6
Career winning percentage0.72
Seasons played17
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8082
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Chance86.5
Smith86.4
The people
Chance
Smith

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