Over the course of his career,
Al Spalding
pitched 2,886 innings
and made 1,988 plate appearances.
Spalding was worth 64.4 Wins Above Replacement
(58.0 as a pitcher and 6.4 as a hitter)
and 36.2 Wins Above Average
(30.6 as a pitcher and 5.6 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 64.4 WAR becomes
58.1 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 36.2 WAA becomes 25.1 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Spalding 100.5 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).
Al Spalding has a Hall Rating of 99,
making him close to the Hall of Stats borderline—but still on the outside.
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