Over the course of his career,
Orel Hershiser
pitched 3,130 innings
and made 949 plate appearances.
Hershiser was worth 52.7 Wins Above Replacement
(48.0 as a pitcher and 4.7 as a hitter)
and 29.8 Wins Above Average
(24.9 as a pitcher and 5.0 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 52.7 WAR becomes
54.4 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 29.8 WAA becomes 28.0 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Hershiser 101.7 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).
Orel Hershiser has a Hall Rating of 100,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats—but one who sits very close to the borderline.
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