Over the course of his career,
Babe Adams
pitched 2,992 innings
and made 1,108 plate appearances.
Adams was worth 50.5 Wins Above Replacement
(47.8 as a pitcher and 2.7 as a hitter)
and 29.6 Wins Above Average
(27.2 as a pitcher and 2.5 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 50.5 WAR becomes
53.0 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 29.6 WAA becomes 34.6 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Adams 111.4 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).
Babe Adams has a Hall Rating of 110,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats—but one who sits very close to the borderline.
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