Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Sad Sam Jones pitched 3,883 innings and made 1,495 plate appearances. Jones was worth 42.9 Wins Above Replacement (39.7 as a pitcher and 3.0 as a hitter) and 5.7 Wins Above Average (2.8 as a pitcher and 2.8 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 42.9 WAR becomes 44.2 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 5.7 WAA becomes 12.4 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Jones 66.5 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).

Sad Sam Jones has a Hall Rating of 63, leaving him short of induction to the Hall of Stats.

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