#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
5	Ty Cobb	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1928	92.8
6	Oscar Charleston	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1941	92.7
8	Barry Bonds	Baseball	🇺🇸 USA	1986–2007	92.3
15	Stan Musial	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1963	90.9
17	Manny Ramírez	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1993–2011	90.8
30	Dave Winfield	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	89.9
32	Turkey Stearnes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1942	89.8
36	Tony Gwynn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2001	89.7
53	Frank Robinson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1976	88.9
61	Larry Walker	Baseball	🇨🇦 Canada	1989–2005	88.7
68	Billy Hamilton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1901	88.5
69	Willard Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1958	88.5
70	Ed Delahanty	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1903	88.5
83	Al Kaline	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1974	88.3
91	Mel Ott	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1947	88
93	Hideki Matsui	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1993–2012	88
98	Minnie Miñoso	Baseball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1946–1980	87.9
104	Hugh Duffy	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1906	87.8
107	Reggie Jackson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1987	87.8
108	Jesse Burkett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1905	87.7
110	Bryce Harper	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	87.7
119	Juan Soto	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	2018–—	87.6
121	Fred Clarke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1894–1915	87.5
123	Jim Rice	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1989	87.5
128	Pete Hill	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1925	87.3
130	Harry Heilmann	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1914–1932	87.2
136	Tim Raines	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–2002	87.1
140	Ronald Acuña Jr	Baseball	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2018–—	86.9
143	Larry Doby	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1959	86.8
152	Kirby Puckett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1995	86.4
155	Lou Brock	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1979	86.4
169	Goose Goslin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1938	85.8
171	Cool Papa Bell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1946	85.8
192	Andre Dawson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1996	84.4
194	Vladimir Guerrero	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1996–2011	84.4
195	Sam Crawford	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1917	84.3
203	Earl Averill	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1941	83.4
207	Chick Hafey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1937	83.1
209	Elmer Flick	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1910	83
214	Earle Combs	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1935	82.2
219	Monte Irvin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1956	81.3
223	Kiki Cuyler	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1938	80.3
224	Harry Hooper	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1925	79.9
225	Mookie Betts	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2014–—	79.8
229	Aaron Judge	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	78.8

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