Over the course of his career,
King Kelly
made 6,455 plate appearances
and pitched 45 innings.
Kelly was worth 41.4 Wins Above Replacement
(42.4 as a hitter and -1.0 as a pitcher)
and 21.5 Wins Above Average
(22.8 as a hitter and -1.3 as a pitcher).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 41.4 WAR becomes
55.8 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 21.5 WAA becomes 28.1 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Kelly 103.3 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).
King Kelly has a Hall Rating of 102,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats—but one who sits very close to the borderline.
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