Robinson vs Ohtani
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Robinson wins: Longevity, Honours
Ohtani wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
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Verdict
Robinson leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Broke baseball's colour line in 1947 and won the MVP two years later.
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.
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Setting the pace at age 24
No verified birth date for Robinson — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 24, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | RobinsonRetired | OhtaniActive |
|---|---|---|
| MVP awards | 1 | 3 |
| World Series titles | 1 | 1 |
| All-Star selections | 6 | — |
| Batting titles | 1 | — |
| Rookie of the Year | 1 | — |
| Career batting average | 0.313 | — |
| Home runs | — | 243 |
| Career OPS | — | 0.949 |
| Pitching ERA | — | 3.01 |
| Strikeouts (pitching) | — | 608 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 76 | 62 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 94 |
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