Up until this point, we at Baseball Professor have done a lot of talking about BABIP and its value in determining whether or not a player should maintain a certain level of performance. This is great when analyzing batters, but it's only part of the picture when looking at pitchers.
Today, we’ll examine xFIP.
Before we dive into the potentially overwhelming world of baseball sabermetrics, let’s see exactly what xFIP is. The following definitions are courtesy of the knowledgeable baseball folks from The Hardball Times:
FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching)—A measure of all those things for which a pitcher is specifically responsible. The formula is (HR*13+(BB+HBP-IBB)*3-K*2)/IP, plus a league-specific factor (usually around 3.2) to round out the number to an e ...
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