Over the course of his career,
Hal Newhouser
pitched 2,993 innings
and made 1,159 plate appearances.
Newhouser was worth 58.6 Wins Above Replacement
(55.8 as a pitcher and 2.8 as a hitter)
and 40.1 Wins Above Average
(37.5 as a pitcher and 2.6 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 58.6 WAR becomes
60.5 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 40.1 WAA becomes 39.7 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Newhouser 127.7 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).
Hal Newhouser has a Hall Rating of 126,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats.
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