Over the course of his career,
Kid Nichols
pitched 5,067 innings
and made 2,264 plate appearances.
Nichols was worth 111.6 Wins Above Replacement
(111.6 as a pitcher and 0.0 as a hitter)
and 74.1 Wins Above Average
(74.0 as a pitcher and 0.1 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 111.6 WAR becomes
107.4 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 74.1 WAA becomes 73.9 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Nichols 232.4 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).
Kid Nichols has a Hall Rating of 229,
making him not only a member of the Hall of Stats—but one of the very best players of all time.
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