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Chance vs Koufax

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KoufaxWinner
86.6

Koufax wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Chance
86.5

Chance wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sandy Koufax
86.6

Koufax leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three Cy Youngs, four no-hitters and a 0.95 World Series ERA before retiring at 30.

1. Sandy Koufax
86.6
2. Frank Chance
86.5

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. 🇺🇸 Sandy Koufax5 seasons played · career day 1,82528 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Frank Chance5 seasons played · career day 2,5551.5 home runs
-94.6% vs Koufax at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Chance00000.8572.422
🇺🇸 Koufax00242893

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.

MetricChanceRetiredKoufaxRetired
World Series titles24
Pennants as manager4
Career batting average0.296
Career stolen bases401
Wins as manager946
Cy Young Awards3
No-hitters4
MVP awards1
ERA titles5
Career ERA2.76
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%8070
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Koufax86.6
Chance86.5
The people
Chance
Koufax

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