6. WHIP (jueves)

What does a WHIP of 0.70 mean? 🤔⚾ Carlos Valero Polo (Hoboken Pioneers) had the best WHIP in the Belgian Baseball D1 in 2026 among pitchers with 20+ innings. But what does that number actually tell you? 👉 WHIP = (walks + hits) ÷ innings pitched. 👉 Valero Polo: (7 + 24) ÷ 44.0 = 0.70. 👉 Lower is better: under 1.00 is elite. 👉 League average was 1.96, so about 18 baserunners per 9 innings. Valero Polo: about 6. And did you notice? The top 3 WHIPs in the league (20+ innings) all belong to Hoboken pitchers: Valero Polo 0.70, Ben Van Nuffel 0.77, Kevin Desmedt 0.85. On Diamond Core, every number with a yellow dot 🟡 explains itself: what it measures, the formula and the step-by-step calculation. 🔗 Link in bio Source: official statistics of the Belgian federation (baseballsoftball.be), all rounds of Baseball D1 2026. Part of our "Know your numbers" series. Which stat should we explain next? 👇 — 🇪🇸 ¿Qué significa un WHIP de 0,70? Corredores permitidos por entrada: cuanto más bajo, mejor. En Diamond Core cada número con punto amarillo tiene su explicación. Enlace en la bio. #baseball #honkbal #Belgium #BelgianBaseball #HobokenPioneers #sabermetrics #baseballstats #pitching #DiamondCore