Over the course of his career,
Bill George
pitched 149 innings
and made 126 plate appearances.
George
was worth
-2.1 Wins Above Replacement
(-1.5 as a pitcher and -0.6 as a hitter)
and -3.4 Wins Above Average
(-2.7 as a pitcher and -0.7 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the -2.1 WAR becomes
-1.9 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 -3.4 WAA becomes 0.7 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives George -0.6 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).
Bill George has a Hall Rating of
-1,
leaving him nowhere close to induction to the Hall of Stats.
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