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Hoyt vs Cochrane

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HoytWinner
86.2

Hoyt wins: Longevity, Statistics

Cochrane
86.2

Cochrane wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Waite Hoyt
86.2

Hoyt leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Ace of the Murderers' Row Yankees with three World Series titles.

1. Waite Hoyt
86.2
2. Mickey Cochrane
86.2

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. 🇺🇸 Waite Hoyt5 seasons played · career day 2,19065 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Mickey Cochrane5 seasons played · career day 1,8251.6 home runs
-97.5% vs Hoyt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hoyt000448110
🇺🇸 Cochrane000.3310.6041.5662.887

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.

MetricHoytRetiredCochraneRetired
World Series titles33
Career wins237
Career strikeouts1,206
World Series wins6
Seasons played21
MVP awards2
Career batting average0.32
All-Star selections2
Career OPS0.897
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9076
Honours w20%8288
Statistics w15%9290

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hoyt86.2
Cochrane86.2
The people
Hoyt
Cochrane

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