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Whitaker vs Hill

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WhitakerWinner
87.3

Whitaker wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Hill
87.3

Hill wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Lou Whitaker
87.3

Whitaker leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Rookie of the Year, World Series winner and half of a record double-play duo.

1. Lou Whitaker
87.3
2. Pete Hill
87.3

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. 🇺🇸 Lou Whitaker5 seasons played · career day 2,19027 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pete Hill5 seasons played · career day 3,6511.6 home runs
-94.1% vs Whitaker at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇺🇸 Hill000001.28

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.

MetricWhitakerRetiredHillRetired
World Series titles1
All-Star selections5
Gold Gloves3
Career hits2,3691,000
Career home runs244
Career batting average0.307
Seasons played25
Championship teams5
Hall of Fame inductions1
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9290
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%9490

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Whitaker87.3
Hill87.3
The people
Whitaker
Hill

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