Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Carl Erskine pitched 1,718 innings and made 636 plate appearances. Erskine was worth 13.8 Wins Above Replacement (16.4 as a pitcher and -2.6 as a hitter) and -3.2 Wins Above Average (-0.4 as a pitcher and -2.6 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 13.8 WAR becomes 14.3 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 -3.2 WAA becomes 5.5 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Erskine 24.2 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).

Carl Erskine has a Hall Rating of 23, leaving him nowhere close to induction to the Hall of Stats.

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