Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Spud Chandler pitched 1,485 innings and made 606 plate appearances. Chandler was worth 24.5 Wins Above Replacement (23.2 as a pitcher and 1.2 as a hitter) and 12.7 Wins Above Average (11.5 as a pitcher and 1.2 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 24.5 WAR becomes 24.8 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 12.7 WAA becomes 13.5 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Chandler 49.1 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).

Spud Chandler has a Hall Rating of 46, leaving him nowhere close to induction to the Hall of Stats.

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