Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Don Baylor made 9,401 plate appearances. Baylor was worth 28.4 Wins Above Replacement and -2.9 Wins Above Average.

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 28.4 WAR becomes 28.9 adjWAR. Then, WAA is adjusted by ignoring negative seasons (thus, truly capturing a player’s peak seasons) and making similar adjustments for catchers and relief pitchers. After these adjustments, the -2.9 WAA becomes 8.2 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Baylor 43.7 wWAR. wWAR is then converted to Hall Rating. A Hall Rating of 100 represents the Hall of Stats borderline (similar to OPS+ or wRC+, where 100 represents league average).

Don Baylor has a Hall Rating of 41, leaving him nowhere close to induction to the Hall of Stats.

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