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Grant vs Nomo

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GrantWinner
84.9

Grant wins: Dominance, Longevity

Nomo
84.7

Nomo wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Frank Grant
84.9

Grant leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The best Black player of the 19th century, starring in the International League.

1. Frank Grant
84.9
2. Hideo Nomo
84.7

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. 🇯🇵 Hideo Nomo5 seasons played · career day 3,6511,025 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Frank Grant5 seasons played · career day 1,8251.7 home runs
-99.8% vs Nomo at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Grant000.3250.6781.6792.899
🇯🇵 Nomo00000864

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.

MetricGrantRetiredNomoRetired
International League batting titles1
Career batting average0.313
Seasons played18
Home run titles1
Hall of Fame inductions1
MLB no-hitters2
Rookie of the Year awards1
MLB strikeouts1,918
NPB strikeouts1,204
Strikeout titles5
Dominance w25%8480
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%7682
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Grant84.9
Nomo84.7
The people
Grant
Nomo

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