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Aparicio vs Carter

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CarterWinner
83.6

Carter wins: Peak, Honours

Aparicio
83.2

Aparicio wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Gary Carter
83.6

Carter leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Eleven-time All-Star catcher and a World Series winner in 1986.

1. Gary Carter
83.6
2. Luis Aparicio
83.2

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. 🇻🇪 Luis Aparicio5 seasons played · career day 1,826341 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Gary Carter5 seasons played · career day 1,825314 home runs
-7.9% vs Aparicio at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇻🇪 Aparicio0055117260695
🇺🇸 Carter0050106314669

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.

MetricAparicioRetiredCarterRetired
Gold Gloves93
Stolen-base titles9
Career stolen bases506
All-Star selections1311
World Series titles11
Career home runs324
Silver Sluggers5
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Carter83.6
Aparicio83.2
The people
Aparicio
Carter

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