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DiMaggio vs Stargell

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DiMaggioWinner
88.3

DiMaggio wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Stargell
86.7

Stargell wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Joe DiMaggio
88.3

DiMaggio leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. A 56-game hitting streak and nine World Series titles in 13 seasons.

1. Joe DiMaggio
88.3
2. Willie Stargell
86.7

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. 🇺🇸 Joe DiMaggio5 seasons played · career day 1,826168 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Willie Stargell5 seasons played · career day 2,190112 home runs
-33.3% vs DiMaggio at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇺🇸 Stargell0001192196

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.

MetricDiMaggioRetiredStargellRetired
World Series titles92
MVP awards31
Hitting streak56
All-Star selections137
Home runs361
Career batting average0.325
Career home runs475
World Series MVP awards1
Dominance w25%8882
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8086
Honours w20%9286
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
DiMaggio88.3
Stargell86.7
The people
DiMaggio
Stargell

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