Over the course of his career,
Dizzy Dean
pitched 1,968 innings
and made 766 plate appearances.
Dean was worth 43.4 Wins Above Replacement
(41.3 as a pitcher and 2.1 as a hitter)
and 29.0 Wins Above Average
(26.8 as a pitcher and 2.2 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 43.4 WAR becomes
45.8 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 29.0 WAA becomes 28.7 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Dean 94.3 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).
Dizzy Dean has a Hall Rating of 93,
making him close to the Hall of Stats borderline—but still on the outside.
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