Over the course of his career,
Thurman Munson
made 5,905 plate appearances.
Munson was worth 43.3 Wins Above Replacement
and 25.6 Wins Above Average.
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 43.3 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 25.6 WAA becomes 30.2 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Munson 102.2 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).
Thurman Munson has a Hall Rating of 101,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats—but one who sits very close to the borderline.
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