Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Jim Bunning pitched 3,760 innings and made 1,401 plate appearances. Bunning was worth 59.5 Wins Above Replacement (60.4 as a pitcher and -0.9 as a hitter) and 27.5 Wins Above Average (28.4 as a pitcher and -0.9 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 59.5 WAR becomes 60.3 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 27.5 WAA becomes 37.4 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Bunning 127.6 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 Bunning has a Hall Rating of 118, making him a member of the Hall of Stats.

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