Over the course of his career,
Home Run Baker
made 6,663 plate appearances.
Baker was worth 59.5 Wins Above Replacement
and 37.0 Wins Above Average.
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 59.5 WAR becomes
61.7 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 37.0 WAA becomes 36.8 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Baker 123.9 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).
Home Run Baker has a Hall Rating of 122,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats.
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