Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Mort Cooper pitched 1,840 innings and made 724 plate appearances. Cooper was worth 32.7 Wins Above Replacement (31.9 as a pitcher and 0.7 as a hitter) and 17.0 Wins Above Average (16.2 as a pitcher and 0.7 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 32.7 WAR becomes 33.6 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 17.0 WAA becomes 18.7 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Cooper 67.3 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).

Mort Cooper has a Hall Rating of 63, leaving him short of induction to the Hall of Stats.

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