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Speaker vs Seaver

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SpeakerWinner
88.4

Speaker wins: Dominance, Statistics

Seaver
88.0

Seaver wins: Honours

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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. 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. 🇺🇸 Tom Seaver5 seasons played · career day 1,82595 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Tris Speaker5 seasons played · career day 2,5561.7 home runs
-98.2% vs Seaver at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Speaker00000.9832.389
🇺🇸 Seaver00163295168

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.

MetricSpeakerRetiredSeaverRetired
Career hits3,514
Career doubles792
Batting average0.345
World Series titles31
League MVP awards1
Cy Young Awards3
Career wins311
Strikeouts3,640
ERA titles3
All-Star selections12
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%9090
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9492

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Speaker88.4
Seaver88.0
The people
Speaker
Seaver

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