Over the course of his career,
Pud Galvin
pitched 6,003 innings
and made 2,788 plate appearances.
Galvin was worth 68.9 Wins Above Replacement
(78.0 as a pitcher and -9.1 as a hitter)
and 27.7 Wins Above Average
(36.8 as a pitcher and -9.0 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 68.9 WAR becomes
51.2 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 27.7 WAA becomes 34.3 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Galvin 109.2 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).
Pud Galvin has a Hall Rating of 108,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats—but one who sits very close to the borderline.
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