Over the course of his career,
Mel Harder
pitched 3,425 innings
and made 1,315 plate appearances.
Harder
was worth
44.3 Wins Above Replacement
(48.5 as a pitcher and -4.2 as a hitter)
and 12.6 Wins Above Average
(16.8 as a pitcher and -4.2 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 44.3 WAR becomes
46.2 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 12.6 WAA becomes 24.7 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Harder 90.6 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).
Mel Harder has a Hall Rating of
85,
leaving him short of induction to the Hall of Stats.
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