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Carey vs Drysdale

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DrysdaleWinner
86.1

Drysdale wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Carey
85.9

Carey wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Don Drysdale
86.1

Drysdale leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Cy Young winner in 1962 and author of 58 consecutive scoreless innings.

1. Don Drysdale
86.1
2. Max Carey
85.9

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. 🇺🇸 Max Carey5 seasons played · career day 2,190207 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Don Drysdale5 seasons played · career day 1,82666 home runs
-68.1% vs Carey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Carey00027171374
🇺🇸 Drysdale0052251141

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.

MetricCareyRetiredDrysdaleRetired
Stolen base titles10
Career stolen bases738
Career hits2,665
World Series titles13
Games played2,476
Career wins209
Cy Young Awards1
All-Star selections9
Career strikeouts2,486
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%9080
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Drysdale86.1
Carey85.9
The people
Carey
Drysdale

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