Hall of Stats

Over the course of his career, Hal Chase made 7,934 plate appearances and pitched 0 innings. Chase was worth 23.0 Wins Above Replacement (22.9 as a hitter and 0.0 as a pitcher) and -4.5 Wins Above Average (-4.5 as a hitter and 0.0 as a pitcher).

After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 23.0 WAR becomes 23.7 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 -4.5 WAA becomes 5.6 adjWAA.

Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA. This gives Chase 33.7 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).

Hal Chase has a Hall Rating of 32, leaving him nowhere close to induction to the Hall of Stats.

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