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Earned run average, or ERA, was the gold standard of pitching stats for years in baseball. But statisticians thought it didn't accurately show how many pitchers kept consistently pitching out of trouble. To address it, WHIP was born. WHIP is the average number of walks and hits that a pitcher allows per inning pitched.
Quick Calculation
Clayton Kershaw ran away with the 2014 Cy Young Award, with voters pointing to his 21-3 record, his 1.77 ERA and 239 strikeouts in just 198 1/3 innings pitched. More astounding was Kershaw's WHIP of 0.86. Arriving at that number was easy -- Kershaw allowed 139 hits and 31 walks in those 198 1/3 innings. To calculate his WHIP, just add 139 and 31 (170) and divide that by 198.33 to reach a stat of 0.857. MLB rounds WHIP to the second decimal. In that 2014 campaign, only four pitchers had a WHIP of less than 1.00, with the median among qualified starters being 1.23.
Quick Calculation
Clayton Kershaw ran away with the 2014 Cy Young Award, with voters pointing to his 21-3 record, his 1.77 ERA and 239 strikeouts in just 198 1/3 innings pitched. More astounding was Kershaw's WHIP of 0.86. Arriving at that number was easy -- Kershaw allowed 139 hits and 31 walks in those 198 1/3 innings. To calculate his WHIP, just add 139 and 31 (170) and divide that by 198.33 to reach a stat of 0.857. MLB rounds WHIP to the second decimal. In that 2014 campaign, only four pitchers had a WHIP of less than 1.00, with the median among qualified starters being 1.23.
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