Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Eppa Rixey pitched 4,492 innings and made 1,666 plate appearances. Rixey was worth 55.2 Wins Above Replacement (56.8 as a pitcher and -1.4 as a hitter) and 20.3 Wins Above Average (21.7 as a pitcher and -1.4 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 55.2 WAR becomes 56.9 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 20.3 WAA becomes 27.4 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Rixey 105.6 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).

Eppa Rixey has a Hall Rating of 100.0, making him close to the Hall of Stats borderline—but still on the outside.

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