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Crawford vs Ashburn

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CrawfordWinner
84.3

Crawford wins: Longevity

Ashburn
84.2

Ashburn wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sam Crawford
84.3

Crawford leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Holds the all-time record with 309 career triples.

1. Sam Crawford
84.3
2. Richie Ashburn
84.2

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. 🇺🇸 Sam Crawford5 seasons played · career day 1,824300 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Richie Ashburn5 seasons played · career day 1,8261.5 home runs
-99.5% vs Crawford at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Crawford0050105300630
🇺🇸 Ashburn000.3330.6171.2642.83

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.

MetricCrawfordRetiredAshburnRetired
Career triples309
Career hits2,9612,574
Career RBIs1,525
RBI titles3
Seasons played19
Batting titles2
Career batting average0.308
All-Star selections6
Career walks1,198
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8684
Honours w20%7878
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Crawford84.3
Ashburn84.2
The people
Crawford
Ashburn

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