The Many Flavors of DIPS: A History and an Overview
Year: 2010
Type: preprint
Abstract: How much control, if any, does a pitcher have over whether a batted ball in play falls in for a hit? What if something that had traditionally been regarded as the pitcher’s responsibility was simply the residue of luck? Defense-independent pitching statistics can be divided into two basic categories: those that use only what are widely considered to be entirely defense independent statistics (strikeouts, walks, hit batters, balks) and those that include batted-ball data (groundball and fly-ball rates, and so on). The second group claims a preponderance of the newer metrics, because sabermetricians increasingly agree that pitchers have some control over BABIP, although how much is still a point of contention.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Michael A. Davies, Dan Basco
Institution: Middlebury College
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2402903032