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Hall of Fame Career Standards Test by Bill James

Hall of Fame Career Standards Test These are metrics designed by Bill James to measure how likely a player is to get into the HOF, and not necessarily how good they were.  This test gives a score of 50 for an average Hall of Famer, with  100 as the max. It is used to measure the overall quality of a player's career.   The metric uses a one-point addition scale based on career cumulative and rate stats.  The all-time leader in batting points is Babe Ruth at 78 and  Christy Mathewson leads in pitching points at 84. Batting Statistics One point for each 150 hits above 1500, limit 10. One point for each .005 of batting average above .275, limit 9 One point for batting over .300 One point for each 100 runs over 900, limit 8. One point for scoring more than .500 runs per game. One point for scoring more than .644 runs per game. One point for each 100 rbi's over 800, limit 8. One point for driving in more than .500 runs per game. One point for driving in more than .600