Put your on your dork hats. David Gassko of Hardball Times lists the 20 luckiest and unluckiest pitchers using a statistic known as LIPS, Luck Independent Pitching Statistics.
"Essentially, the idea behind both DIPS 3.0 and LIPS is that a lot of luck goes into a pitcher's performance, as measured by ERA, every year. To get a better feel for how good a pitcher actually was, we want to remove the elements of his pitching line that could be especially overwhelmed by luck. It so happens that while defense independent events like strikeouts, walks, and hit-by-pitch are pretty stable from year-to-year, things like singles per outfield fly ball or line drives are not. DIPS and LIPS try to correct for that."
Consider yourself warned, Chien-Ming Wang owners!
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"Essentially, the idea behind both DIPS 3.0 and LIPS is that a lot of luck goes into a pitcher's performance, as measured by ERA, every year. To get a better feel for how good a pitcher actually was, we want to remove the elements of his pitching line that could be especially overwhelmed by luck. It so happens that while defense independent events like strikeouts, walks, and hit-by-pitch are pretty stable from year-to-year, things like singles per outfield fly ball or line drives are not. DIPS and LIPS try to correct for that."
Consider yourself warned, Chien-Ming Wang owners!
Original Story:
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/articl....
