FIP Factory Information Protocol FIP Fast Ip FIP Fielding Independent Pitching (baseball statistic) FIP Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique (International Pharmaceutical Federation) FIP Family Investment Program FIP Fédération Internationale de la Presse (French: International Press Federation) FIP Federal...
baserunning, batting, or pitching) in one catch-all number. Certainly, like all metrics, baseballWAR is not perfectand it has its limitations depending upon whom you ask and what iteration you’re using. However, whatever your opinion
Regular By the Numbers reader,spy,had an interesting question for me several weeks ago: “What effect have steroids had on offensive statistics in baseball?“. Its a great question and a really hard one to answer. Noted economist and co-author ofFreakonomics, Steven Levitt, has said, “Twice...
We believe that left-handed pitchers have a hidden advantage that has nothing to do with their ability to throw a baseball, based solely on the fact that they throw with their left hand. This “southpaw advantage” is substantial enough to generate a large surplus of lefty pitchers on rosters...
Apparently, it's the newest and best baseball cheating phrase. Being the baseball fan I am, I decided to do some exhausting heavy-duty research into this new (to me) illegal game-altering...thing. Yeah, I googled it. Getting right to the source,SpiderTack.com, it turns out it is so...
to Miami for Pablo López, but that served as the finishing move for a rotation that has exhibited both tremendous depth and a high ceiling. The Twins lead baseball in rotation WAR, per FanGraphs, innings pitched by starters and rotation FIP and are second in rotation ERA.-- Do-Hyoung ...
based on context and sequence of fringe defensive plays; thus, they tend to fluctuate greatly from season to season. But quite honestly, that is true of any baseball statistic. Traditional statistics like ERA, RBI, and even advanced statistics likewOBAandFIPhave large sequence and context ...
In baseball-measurable numbers, that’s the difference between allowing 30 hits on such balls (as Niese did) and allowing 11 hits (what the data suggests the average pitcher allows). At the top of this story is an image that shows the location of those 30 hits. There are two clusters ...
● FanGraphs’ WAR for pitchers is based on FIP (plus infield fly balls). We also have a version called RA9-WAR which is based on runs allowed. Baseball-Reference uses runs allowed and attempts to correct for the team defense. ● WAR for relievers includes a leverage component. ...
“He’s going to pitch a lot of big innings for us,” manager Matt Quatraro said. Harvey possesses strikeout stuff, with a 27.8% strikeout rate the past two-plus seasons with the Nationals. His 3.17 FIP this year is also encouraging. He’s been used as a setup man with Washington but...