Over the course of his career,
Eppa Rixey
pitched 4,493 innings
and made 1,665 plate appearances.
Rixey
was worth
55.9 Wins Above Replacement
(57.4 as a pitcher and -1.5 as a hitter)
and 20.7 Wins Above Average
(22.1 as a pitcher and -1.5 as a hitter).
After adjusting for length of schedule, catchers, and relief pitchers, the 55.9 WAR becomes
57.6 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 20.7 WAA becomes 28.0 adjWAA.
Then, the adjWAR and adjWAA are combined, but with extra weighting given to adjWAA.
This gives Rixey 108.0 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
101,
making him a member of the Hall of Stats—but one who sits very close to the borderline.
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