Who is better, Chance or Faber?
Red Faber leads with a GOAT score of 86.6 against 86.5 for Frank Chance — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Red Faber above Frank Chance: 86.6 vs 86.5. Red Faber leads on Longevity, Statistics. Frank Chance leads on Honours, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Faber wins: Longevity, Statistics
Chance wins: Dominance, Honours
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Faber leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Chance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.857 | 2.422 |
| 🇺🇸 Faber | 0 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 71 | 151 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ChanceRetired | FaberRetired |
|---|---|---|
| World Series titles | 2 | 1 |
| Pennants as manager | 4 | — |
| Career batting average | 0.296 | — |
| Career stolen bases | 401 | — |
| Wins as manager | 946 | — |
| Career wins | — | 254 |
| Career innings pitched | — | 4,086 |
| ERA titles | — | 2 |
| Career strikeouts | — | 1,471 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 80 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 92 |
Red Faber leads with a GOAT score of 86.6 against 86.5 for Frank Chance — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
Chance scores higher on dominance, honours. Faber leads on statistics, longevity.
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Chance: 86.5, Faber: 86.6.
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