Pitching Stats

[JudgeDredd]

OK...I'm in a game, and I need to get to understand some things in order to make the right choices.

So Seattle (AI) have a pitcher and he has the following next to his details (bottom left next to "blank" picture

(0-0) 1.50 WHIP: 0.00
6 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 6H
vs. RHB .231 (3-13)
Pitch Count:92 BB:2 K:4


I have no idea what all this means. I get the RHB (versus Right Handed Batter) but all the figures and other codes mean nothing.

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STF CON VEL END
18 18 15 19

Help required.

Thx peeps

[Lamoid]

ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

OK...I'm in a game, and I need to get to understand some things in order to make the right choices.

So Seattle (AI) have a pitcher and he has the following next to his details (bottom left next to "blank" picture

(0-0) 1.50 WHIP: 0.00
6 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 6H
vs. RHB .231 (3-13)
Pitch Count:92 BB:2 K:4


I have no idea what all this means. I get the RHB (versus Right Handed Batter) but all the figures and other codes mean nothing.

Also below this
STF CON VEL END
18 18 15 19

Help required.

Thx peeps

(0-0) that's his win/loss record
1.50 ' His ERA or Earned Run Average (Earned Runs/Innings Pitched) x 9
WHIP: Thats the number of Walks and hits on average per inning.
6 IP ' 6 innings pitched
1 R ' 1 Run given up
1 ER ' 1 Earned run. An earned run being the responsibility of the pitched. So runs that scored on errors or passed balls would not count

6H ' Number of hits given up
vs. RHB .231 (3-13) ' and Opposing abtting average vs right handed batters.

Pitch Count:92 Number of pitches
BB:2 Number of walks
K:4 Numbers of Strikeouts


Also below this
STF CON VEL END
18 18 15 19

Those are the stats of the pitcher

His Stuff is 18

Control is 18

Velocty is 15

Endurance is 19

[AngryTree]

Here we go:

(0-0)

Numbers in parentheses for pitchers almost always is their won-lost records (how many games they have won and lost)

1.50

This is the Earned Run Average. If there is a decimal number accompanying the won lost record, it is usually the ERA. It expresses how many earned runs (runs not scored through errors) that a pitcher gives up per 9 innings.

WHIP: 0.00

WHIP is Walks plus Hits per (or divided by) Innings Pitched. It tells you how many baserunners on average this pitcher allows an inning.

6 IP

IP is how many innings the pitcher has pitched (in this instance, the context is in the game)

1 R

This is the total amount of runs that have been scored by the opposing team during the time the pitcher has been in the game (both earned runs, and unearned runs scored due to fielding errors).

1 ER

This is the amount of earned runs the pitcher has given up during his appearance.

6 H

This is how many hits the pitcher has given up during his appearance

vs RHB

You got it right - that means that what ever follows is how the pitcher has performed against right-handed batters.

.231

This is the batting average of right handed batters against this pitcher.

(3-13)

This is the number of hits (first number) that the pitcher has given up in the number of at bats (second number) he has had against right handed batters. If you divide the hits by the at bats, you get the batting average.

Pitch Count: 92

This is how many pitches the pitcher has thrown in this game

BB: 2

This is how many walks (Bases on Balls) that the pitcher has given up in this game.

K: 4

This is how many batters the pitcher has struck out in the game.

STF 18

This is the pitcher's rating for STUFF (I believe it's how good his pitches are, but this is the one thing I'm not sure about)

CON 18

This is the pitcher's rating for CONTROL (How well the pitcher is able to place his pitches; lower control pitchers are wild and tend to walk batters more)

VEL 15

This is the pitcher's rating for VELOCITY (How fast and hard the pitcher can pitch)

END 19

This is the pitcher's rating for ENDURANCE (How long the pitcher can pitch before he starts getting tired).

Hope this helps!

[JudgeDredd]

Thx very much for posting - but could you please clarify some things (Sorry - very new to this malarky)

(0-0) that's his win/loss record

You mean the number of matches won and lost in the season?

1.50 ' His ERA or Earned Run Average (Earned Runs/Innings Pitched) x 9

Meaning the number of runs batters have got? I don't understand this one at all...sorry

WHIP: Thats the number of Walks and hits on average per inning.

Understood...yippeee.

6 IP ' 6 innings pitched

Understood

1 R ' 1 Run given up

I don't know what runs given up means. Does this mean runs the opposing side have got due to his pitching (not erros on the field)?

1 ER ' 1 Earned run. An earned run being the responsibility of the pitched. So runs that scored on errors or passed balls would not count

Understood

6H ' Number of hits given up

Is this the same as the runs given up?

vs. RHB .231 (3-13) ' and Opposing abtting average vs right handed batters.

I don't know what this means. And what is the significance of the numbers? (.231 (3-13) )

Pitch Count:92 Number of pitches
BB:2 Number of walks
K:4 Numbers of Strikeouts

Understood

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STF CON VEL END
18 18 15 19

Those are the stats of the pitcher

Ok

His Stuff is 18

Sorry...His Stuff?

Control is 18
Velocty is 15
Endurance is 19

Understood.

Sorry about this...I just don't get alot of these meanings. If someone could clarify, I'd be eternally grateful.

[DandricSturm]

(0-0) - He was not been credited with any games won or lost thus far.

1.50 - His earned run average (ERA), the number of runs he will give up over an average nine inning game after subtracting any runs caused by fielding errors by his team. He has pitched 6 innings and given up 1 run, 1 x 9 / 6 = 1.50.

WHIP would be the number of walks and hits he gives up in an average inning, 0.00 would not be correct for these stats.

6 IP - He has pitched 6 innings.

1 R - He has allowed the other team to score 1 run.

1 ER - That run was 'earned' meaning it was not due to a fielding error.

6 H - He has given up 6 base hits by the other team.

vs. RHB .231 (3-13) - He has given up 3 hits in 13 at bats to right handed batters, a .231 percentage (batting average)

Pitch Count - He has so far thrown 92 pitches in this game. The more thrown, the more tired he is. 92 is fairly high.

BB:2 - He has walked 2 batters, (Base on Balls)

K: - He has struck out 4 batters.

His ratings: STF (stuff) The degree of difficulty for a batter to hit one of his pitches; CON (control) His accuracy when throwing, helping to reduce BBs; VEL (velocity) The speed of his pitches, helping to increas the number of K's; END (endurance) his ability to pitch without getting tired, allowing him to reach a higher pitch count. I'm guessing you use a 1-20 rating scale.

Ooops, too slow.

Matches are in rugby and soccer (football), baseball has games.

A hit is when the batter reaches first base safely on a batted ball without benefit of an error. A run is when that batter eventually reaches home plate before three outs.

.231 is the percentage of time that a right handed batter will get a hit vs. this pitcher.

Stuff. A thrown ball does not travel in a straight line. It curves, drops, or 'slides,' depending on what sort of spin the pitcher applies to it, like english on a billiard shot.

[JudgeDredd]

Thx very much, all of you for helping out.

AngryTree - you had split and posted faster than me...so I split and posted only to find you had already done it. Thx

[DandricSturm]

Using a 1-20 scale, 18, 18, 15, 19 means this guy is pretty darn good.

[JudgeDredd]

ORIGINAL: DandricSturm

Using a 1-20 scale, 18, 18, 15, 19 means this guy is pretty darn good.

Yeah...I did gather that much [;)]

[Amaroq]

One thing you might want is a subjective "What's good" rating for some of those numbers.

Wins - 20 or over is considered noteworthy

Losses - more than 10 is starting to get worrisome, unless he has more wins than losses

ERA - under 3.00 is excellent, 3.00-4.00 is good, 4.00-5.00 is about average, and anything above 6.00 is getting really worrisome (unless its very early in the season, in which case one bad outing might harm his ERA for weeks to come).

WHIP - under 1.00 is amazing, 1.00-1.50 is very good, 1.50-2.00 is about average, and much beyond that is troublesome.

vs RHB - under .200 is excellent, under .250 good, over .250 is poor, over .300 is awful

Pitch Count - relate this to Endurance! 92 pitches for a player with an endurance of '1', well, his arm is falling off. 92 pitches for a player with endurance of '100' (or '20' on your scale) is acceptable. IRL, we're tending to limit starting pitchers to about 100 pitches at most, but the best pitchers can throw 120 with regularity, and can get up to 140 in a single outing as long as they aren't asked to do it over and over.