Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Rich Gossage pitched 1,809 innings and made 93 plate appearances. Gossage was worth 41.2 Wins Above Replacement (41.6 as a pitcher and -0.5 as a hitter) and 15.9 Wins Above Average (16.2 as a pitcher and -0.5 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 41.2 WAR becomes 50.6 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 15.9 WAA becomes 24.5 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Gossage 94.7 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).

Rich Gossage has a Hall Rating of 89, leaving him short of induction to the Hall of Stats.

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