Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Wilbur Wood pitched 2,684 innings and made 381 plate appearances. Wood was worth 50.1 Wins Above Replacement (52.2 as a pitcher and -2.1 as a hitter) and 23.9 Wins Above Average (26.0 as a pitcher and -2.1 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 50.1 WAR becomes 52.9 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 23.9 WAA becomes 31.0 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Wood 108.7 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).

Wilbur Wood has a Hall Rating of 102, making him a member of the Hall of Stats—but one who sits very close to the borderline.

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