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Crawford vs Guerrero

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GuerreroWinner
84.4

Guerrero wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Crawford
84.3

Crawford wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇴 Vladimir Guerrero
84.4

Guerrero leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. MVP in 2004 with 449 home runs and a .318 career average.

1. Vladimir Guerrero
84.4
2. Sam Crawford
84.3

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. 🇩🇴 Vladimir Guerrero5 seasons played · career day 1,826344 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Sam Crawford5 seasons played · career day 1,824300 home runs
-12.8% vs Guerrero at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Crawford0050105300630
🇩🇴 Guerrero0055117262700

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.

MetricCrawfordRetiredGuerreroRetired
Career triples309
Career hits2,961
Career RBIs1,525
RBI titles3
Seasons played19
Career home runs449
MVP awards1
All-Star selections9
Silver Sluggers8
Career batting average0.318
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8678
Honours w20%7882
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Guerrero84.4
Crawford84.3
The people
Crawford
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