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What does "smart as a whip" mean?

In major league baseball what does WHIP mean on a pitcher's stats?

  • Whenever a new pitcher takes the mound, they show his stats such as Record, ERA, K/BB, etc...and something called WHIP. What the hell is WHIP? I've been watching baseball for a long time now, and I still can't figure that out! Can anyone tell me what that is and explain what it means??

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    Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched. Basically, It is the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed, not counting errors because that is not the pitchers fault. It is a moneyball stat.

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WHIP is such a worthless stat. If a pitcher walks the bases loaded, then strikes out the side, that's a successful inning because he didn't give up any runs. Yet the Moneyball geeks think the guy sucks because his WHIP is 3.00. Who cares, just as long as the other team doesn't score? The statistic is only useful in fantasy leagues.

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Walks + Hits per Innings Pitched = W-H-I-P

Mary*

One reason you've only recently begun hearing about WHIP or "ratio" as it's sometimes called, is because it had been an obscure stat used by whiz-kid, stat crazy GMs like Paul DePodesta and Theo Epstein, and the new scourge of baseball, "fantasy geeks." Fantasy baseball has become a huge industry. Mainstream media used to look down on it, but just about everybody with a sports section (including Yahoo) runs a league and includes fantasy tips and topics with their front-page stories.

brweiz

walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) So the total number of Walks plus Hits allowed by the pitcher divided by the total Innings they have pitched.

Bennie

WALKS PLUS HITS PER INNING PITCHED

missada51

They are both right. You add the walks to the hits that a pitcher has allowed, and then divide that number by the number of innings he's pitched.

1Edge3

walks+hits per innings pitched

AJ

walks and hits per innings pitched

CubsFan

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