Over the course of his career,
Jimmie Foxx
made 9,676 plate appearances
and pitched 23 innings.
Foxx was worth 93.5 Wins Above Replacement
(92.5 as a hitter and 1.0 as a pitcher)
and 64.1 Wins Above Average
(63.2 as a hitter and 0.8 as a pitcher).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 93.5 WAR becomes
96.8 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 64.1 WAA becomes 66.5 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Foxx 209.3 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).
Jimmie Foxx has a Hall Rating of 206,
making him not only a member of the Hall of Stats—but one of the very best players of all time.
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