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Smith vs Chance

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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
🇺🇸 Smith0000071
🇺🇸 Chance00000.8572.422

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.

MetricSmithRetiredChanceRetired
Negro World Series titles1
Negro League pennants4
East-West All-Star selections6
Career winning percentage0.72
Seasons played17
World Series titles2
Pennants as manager4
Career batting average0.296
Career stolen bases401
Wins as manager946
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8280
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9290

Fan vote — data vs the people

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

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