Over the course of his career,
Mel Ott
made 11,348 plate appearances.
Ott was worth 104.0 Wins Above Replacement
and 70.6 Wins Above Average.
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 104.0 WAR becomes
106.7 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 70.6 WAA becomes 72.6 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Ott 229.4 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).
Mel Ott has a Hall Rating of 226,
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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