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Bottomley vs Bancroft

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BottomleyWinner
84.6

Bottomley wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Bancroft
84.6

Bancroft wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jim Bottomley
84.6

Bottomley leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. National League MVP in 1928 and holder of the 12-RBI single game record.

1. Jim Bottomley
84.6
2. Dave Bancroft
84.6

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. 🇺🇸 Jim Bottomley5 seasons played · career day 1,8251.7 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Dave Bancroft5 seasons played · career day 1,8251.2 home runs
-29.4% vs Bottomley at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bottomley000.3250.6961.6782.924
🇺🇸 Bancroft000.2540.4661.2462.488

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.

MetricBottomleyRetiredBancroftRetired
MVP awards1
World Series titles22
Career RBI1,422
RBI in one game record12
Career batting average0.310.279
Career hits2,004
Seasons played16
Hall of Fame inductions1
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%8288
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bottomley84.6
Bancroft84.6
The people
Bottomley
Bancroft

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