The Fielding Independent Pitching calculator computes the pitching metric based on the number of home runs, walks, strike outs and innings pitched.
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter the following:
Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP): The calculator returns the pitching factor.
The Fielding Independent Pitching in baseball is a defense-independent pitching statistic to measure a pitcher's effectiveness based only on statistics that do not involve fielders (except the catcher). These include home runs allowed, strikeouts, hit batters, walks, and, more recently, fly ball percentage, ground ball percentage, and (to much a lesser extent) line drive percentage. By focusing on these statistics, which the pitcher has almost total control over, and ignoring what happens once a ball is put in play, which the pitcher has little control over, DIPS can offer a clearer picture of the pitcher's true ability.
The following formula was independently derived by Tom Tango: `FIP=(13HR+3BB-2K)/(IP)`, where:
Baseball Base Separation:
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_independent_pitching_statistics#Alternate_formulae and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_statistics)