What does WHIP stands for in baseball?

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Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched

it measures how often / how many hitters get on base each inning for a pitcher

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walks/hits per inning pitched, it's an average of how many a pitcher allows per 9 inings if it's 1.18 they average 1.18 hits/walks per inning

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Walks and Hits per Innings Pitched

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Walks plus Hits divided by Innings Pitched (should be 1.000 or lower for a "good" pitcher.

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WHIP= Walks + Hits/ Innings Pitched

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