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BrownWinner
88.1

Brown wins: Longevity, Honours

Brown
88.1

Brown wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Ray Brown
88.1

Brown leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Homestead Grays ace who won nine straight pennants in the 1930s and 40s.

1. Ray Brown
88.1
2. Mordecai Brown
88.1

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. 🇺🇸 Mordecai Brown5 seasons played · career day 1,82588 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Ray Brown5 seasons played · career day 2,55667 home runs
-23.9% vs Brown at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Brown00003696
🇺🇸 Brown0092488190

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.

MetricBrownRetiredBrownRetired
Negro League pennants9
Negro World Series titles2
Career winning percentage0.72
East-West All-Star selections3
Seasons played19
Career wins239
Career ERA2.06
World Series titles2
Career shutouts55
20-win seasons6
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8480
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%9294

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Brown88.1
Brown88.1
The people
Brown
Brown

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