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Speaker vs Rodriguez

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SpeakerWinner
88.4

Speaker wins: Dominance

Rodriguez
88.3

Rodriguez wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tris Speaker
88.4

Speaker leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The all-time doubles leader with 792 and a .345 career average.

1. Tris Speaker
88.4
2. Alex Rodriguez
88.3

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. 🇺🇸 Alex Rodriguez5 seasons played · career day 2,556184 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Tris Speaker5 seasons played · career day 2,5561.7 home runs
-99.1% vs Rodriguez at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Speaker00000.9832.389
🇺🇸 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.

MetricSpeakerRetiredRodriguezRetired
Career hits3,514
Career doubles792
Batting average0.345
World Series titles31
League MVP awards1
MVP awards3
Home runs696
Career RBIs2,086
All-Star selections14
Silver Sluggers10
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9090
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%9494

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Speaker88.4
Rodriguez88.3
The people
Speaker
Rodriguez

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