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Seaver vs Rodriguez

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RodriguezWinner
88.3

Rodriguez wins: Peak, Statistics

Seaver
88.0

Seaver wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Alex Rodriguez
88.3

Rodriguez leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 696 home runs, three MVPs and 2,086 RBIs across 22 seasons.

1. Alex Rodriguez
88.3
2. Tom Seaver
88.0

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. 🇺🇸 Alex Rodriguez5 seasons played · career day 2,556184 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Tom Seaver5 seasons played · career day 1,82595 home runs
-48.4% vs Rodriguez at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Seaver00163295168
🇺🇸 Rodriguez0000101293

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.

MetricSeaverRetiredRodriguezRetired
Cy Young Awards3
Career wins311
Strikeouts3,640
World Series titles11
ERA titles3
All-Star selections1214
MVP awards3
Home runs696
Career RBIs2,086
Silver Sluggers10
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9090
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Rodriguez88.3
Seaver88.0
The people
Seaver
Rodriguez

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