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Bagwell vs Crawford

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BagwellWinner
84.4

Bagwell wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Crawford
84.3

Crawford wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jeff Bagwell
84.4

Bagwell leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. MVP in 1994 and the Astros' greatest offensive force with 449 home runs.

1. Jeff Bagwell
84.4
2. Sam Crawford
84.3

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. 🇺🇸 Jeff Bagwell5 seasons played · career day 1,825395 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Sam Crawford5 seasons played · career day 1,824300 home runs
-24.1% vs Bagwell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bagwell0055124395704
🇺🇸 Crawford0050105300630

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.

MetricBagwellRetiredCrawfordRetired
Career home runs449
MVP awards1
Career RBIs1,5291,525
All-Star selections4
Career on-base percentage0.408
Career triples309
Career hits2,961
RBI titles3
Seasons played19
Dominance w25%8280
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%7686
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bagwell84.4
Crawford84.3
The people
Bagwell
Crawford

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