In baseball, walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) is a sabermetric measurement of how many baserunners a pitcher is responsible for allowing per inning pitched. It gives a general measure of a pitcher's ability to keep batters off base. A WHIP of around 1.15 or below will place a pitcher among the top ten in Major League Baseball. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. ... Batter can have several meanings: In cooking, batter is a thick or thin mixture, usually made of a ground grain, a liquid, and a fat. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ...

As indicated by the name, it is calculated by adding the number of walks plus hits allowed divided by the number of innings pitched. In baseball statistics, a base on balls (BB), also called a walk, is used in baseball to track the performance of pitchers and batters. ... In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when he safely reaches first base after batting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielders choice. ... In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. ...

See also

• Baseball statistics