Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Jim Hearn pitched 1,703 innings and made 618 plate appearances. Hearn was worth 15.7 Wins Above Replacement (17.1 as a pitcher and -1.3 as a hitter) and -1.0 Wins Above Average (0.4 as a pitcher and -1.3 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 15.7 WAR becomes 16.5 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 -1.0 WAA becomes 6.5 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Hearn 28.2 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).

Jim Hearn has a Hall Rating of 27, leaving him nowhere close to induction to the Hall of Stats.

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