Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Bobby Shantz pitched 1,935 innings and made 646 plate appearances. Shantz was worth 34.6 Wins Above Replacement (32.1 as a pitcher and 2.5 as a hitter) and 18.7 Wins Above Average (16.2 as a pitcher and 2.4 as a hitter).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 34.6 WAR becomes 37.3 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 18.7 WAA becomes 18.8 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Shantz 71.2 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).

Bobby Shantz has a Hall Rating of 67, leaving him short of induction to the Hall of Stats.

Want even more detail about the formula? See the About page.