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Musial vs Spahn

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GOAT Rank currently ranks Stan Musial above Warren Spahn: 90.9 vs 89.1. Stan Musial leads on Dominance, Honours.

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MusialWinner
90.9

Musial wins: Dominance, Honours

Spahn
89.1

Spahn wins: no category outright

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Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

Category radar

Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Stan Musial
90.9

Musial leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.

1. Stan Musial
90.9
2. Warren Spahn
89.1

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Warren Spahn5 seasons played · career day 3,28687 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Stan Musial5 seasons played · career day 2,1901.7 home runs
-98.0% vs Spahn at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Musial0000.3151.3842.756
🇺🇸 Spahn0000887

Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.

MetricMusialRetiredSpahnRetired
MVP awards3—
World Series titles31
Batting titles7—
Career hits3,630—
All-Star selections2417
Home runs475—
Career wins—363
Cy Young Awards—1
No-hitters—2
Dominance w25%8984
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%9494
Honours w20%8986
Statistics w15%9494

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Musial90.9
Spahn89.1
The people
Musial
Spahn

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FAQ

Who is better, Musial or Spahn?

Stan Musial leads with a GOAT score of 90.9 against 89.1 for Warren Spahn — a gap of 1.8 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.

Where does Spahn beat Musial?

Spahn does not lead any of the five categories; Musial is ahead or level on all of them.

How is the Musial vs Spahn score calculated?

Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Musial: 90.9, Spahn: 89.1.

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