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Galvin vs Dickey

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GalvinWinner
89.1

Galvin wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Dickey
89.0

Dickey wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pud Galvin
89.1

Galvin leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. First pitcher to win 300 games, finishing with 365 victories.

1. Pud Galvin
89.1
2. Bill Dickey
89.0

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. 🇺🇸 Pud Galvin5 seasons played · career day 3,286177 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bill Dickey5 seasons played · career day 2,1911.6 home runs
-99.1% vs Galvin at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Galvin000037177
🇺🇸 Dickey0000.3240.992.581

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.

MetricGalvinRetiredDickeyRetired
Career wins365
Career innings pitched6,003
Career complete games646
Career shutouts57
Career strikeouts1,807
World Series titles7
All-Star selections11
Career batting average0.313
Career home runs202
Career RBIs1,209
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%9288
Honours w20%8292
Statistics w15%9690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Galvin89.1
Dickey89.0
The people
Galvin
Dickey

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