Over the course of his career,
Ed Walsh
pitched 2,964 innings
and made 1,168 plate appearances.
Walsh was worth 61.7 Wins Above Replacement
(59.5 as a pitcher and 2.2 as a hitter)
and 38.2 Wins Above Average
(35.9 as a pitcher and 2.3 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 61.7 WAR becomes
64.6 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 38.2 WAA becomes 40.0 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Walsh 132.3 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).
Ed Walsh has a Hall Rating of 131,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats.
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