Baseball is truly one of the most profitable sports to be on. baseball handicapping is skill one learns over time. If you want to win consistently betting on baseball then you will need to instill a baseball betting system.
There are many effective ways to handicap the sport of baseball. Since there are so many statistics, trends and different betting angles following a proven system is vital for success. Today I am going to talk about the pitching state WHIP.
There are many statistics that pertain to the pitcher. One of the stats is known as the WHIP stat. WHIP stands for Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched. This statistic is a measurement of the number of base runners the pitcher has allowed per inning. The statistic describes the pitcher’s ability to keep the batter from reaching base.
WHIP differs from ERA (earned run average) as it gives indication to how many batters the pitcher will allow to reach base per inning pitched. ERA tells us the average number of runs the pitcher will allow over 9 innings of play. To calculate a pitcher’s WHIP you will add the number of walks and hits allowed then divide the sum by the number of innings pitched. The lower a pitcher’s WHIP the better they are pitching.
The pitcher to hold the lowest single season WHIP is Pedro Martinez. Back in the 2000 season as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Martinez gave up 128 hits and 32 walks over 217 innings. We calculate the WHIP by adding the number of walks and runs together which is 128 + 32 = 160. Then we divide 160 by 217 or the number of innings pitched and we get 0.7373. Martinez had 18 wins and 6 losses as a starting pitcher that season.
As you can see this is a very simple statistics to calculate and is a great indication of the pitchers overall performance. Where the pitchers ERA will gives us indication of the runs scored WHIP is more specific as if indicates how many batters will reach base. Any WHIP under 1 is considered to be very good. As with all baseball statistics you never want to focus all your baseball handicapping off one statistic. WHIP is a great statistics to compare two pitchers on but be sure to value the other important statistics as well.
A baseball betting system takes statistics like these to select winners. To be a sports betting champ you need to aware of these statistics and understand how they are calculated and what they mean. Not all statistics are equal. A pitcher’s Whip is a good indicator on deciding if a baseball game will go over or under the total.
When handicapping baseball from the starting pitcher’s statistics, look at both the WHIP and ERA of both starting pitcher’s. This is a great angle not only to help determine the which side shall win the games but tell us if we will have a high or low scoring ballgame.
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