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Carter vs Averill

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CarterWinner
83.6

Carter wins: Longevity, Honours

Averill
83.4

Averill wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Time range

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Gary Carter
83.6

Carter leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Eleven-time All-Star catcher and a World Series winner in 1986.

1. Gary Carter
83.6
2. Earl Averill
83.4

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. 🇺🇸 Gary Carter5 seasons played · career day 1,825314 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Earl Averill5 seasons played · career day 1,8251.6 home runs
-99.5% vs Carter at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Carter0050106314669
🇺🇸 Averill000.3320.6711.6192.897

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.

MetricCarterRetiredAverillRetired
All-Star selections116
Gold Gloves3
World Series titles1
Career home runs324238
Silver Sluggers5
Career batting average0.318
Career RBIs1,164
Career OPS0.928
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8278
Honours w20%8478
Statistics w15%8692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Carter83.6
Averill83.4
The people
Carter
Averill

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