Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Mike Donlin made 4,294 plate appearances and pitched 16 innings. Donlin was worth 28.8 Wins Above Replacement (29.0 as a hitter and -0.2 as a pitcher) and 14.7 Wins Above Average (15.1 as a hitter and -0.4 as a pitcher).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 28.8 WAR becomes 30.1 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 14.7 WAA becomes 15.5 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Donlin 58.0 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).

Mike Donlin has a Hall Rating of 55, leaving him nowhere close to induction to the Hall of Stats.

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