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Campanella vs Piazza

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CampanellaWinner
87.1

Campanella wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Piazza
87.1

Piazza wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Roy Campanella
87.1

Campanella leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time National League MVP catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1. Roy Campanella
87.1
2. Mike Piazza
87.1

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. 🇺🇸 Mike Piazza5 seasons played · career day 2,191167 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Roy Campanella5 seasons played · career day 5,843117 home runs
-29.9% vs Piazza at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Campanella000000
🇺🇸 Piazza0003591277

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.

MetricCampanellaRetiredPiazzaRetired
MVP awards3
World Series titles1
All-Star selections812
Career home runs242427
Best season RBIs142
Silver Sluggers10
Rookie of the Year awards1
Career batting average0.308
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%7684
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9094

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GOAT Rank · the data
Campanella87.1
Piazza87.1
The people
Campanella
Piazza

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