fielding independent pitching
1Defense independent pitching statistics — In baseball, defense independent pitching statistics (DIPS) measure a pitcher s effectiveness based only on plays that do not involve fielders: home runs allowed, strikeouts, hit batters, walks, and, more recently, fly ball percentage, ground… …
2Cole Hamels — Hamels pitching for the Phillies in 2010 Philadelphia Phillies No. 35 …
3FIP — is an abbreviation for:* Federal Identity Program, the Canadian government corporate identity program * Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique , French name of the International Pharmaceutical Federation * Fédération Internationale de… …
4FIP — Feline Infectious Peritonitis (Medical » Physiology) * Fielding Independent Pitching (Community » Sports) * Federation of International Polo (Community » Sports) * FDDI Interface Processor (Computing » Networking) * Firearms Interest Police… …
5baseball — /bays bawl /, n. 1. a game of ball between two nine player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that… …
6Baseball statistics — Statistics play an important role in summarizing baseball performance and evaluating players in the sport. Since the flow of baseball has natural breaks to it, the game lends itself to easy record keeping and statistics. This makes comparisons… …
7Run average — In baseball statistics, run average (RA) refers to measures of the rate at which runs are allowed or scored. For pitchers, the run average is the number of runs earned or unearned allowed per nine innings. It is calculated using this… …
8Evolution of baseball player evaluation — has taken place over many years. Player evaluation is the process by which general managers and other baseball personnel judge the ability of a baseball player to contribute meaningfully to his team.Baseball has been around for a very long time.… …
9List of baseball jargon (B) — backdoor breaking ball: A breaking pitch, usually a slider, curveball, or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate… …
10PECOTA — PECOTA, an acronym for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, is a sabermetric system for forecasting Major League Baseball player performance. The word is a backronym based on the name of journeyman major league player Bill …
