Over the course of his career,
David Cone
pitched 2,898 innings
and made 470 plate appearances.
Cone was worth 58.8 Wins Above Replacement
(58.2 as a pitcher and 0.6 as a hitter)
and 36.3 Wins Above Average
(35.6 as a pitcher and 0.7 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 58.8 WAR becomes
62.4 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 36.3 WAA becomes 39.3 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Cone 128.9 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).
David Cone has a Hall Rating of 127,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats.
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