Advanced Stats - Pitching: Glossary

Starting Pitching Main Chart

Stat Description Source
Team Def UZR/150 Fangraphs
SIERA L2YRS Skill Interactive ERA last two rolling calendar years Fangraphs
IP/GS L2YRS Innings Pitched per Game Start last two rolling calendar years Fangraphs
GB% Ground Ball rate Fangraphs
Park Run Park Factor overall run environment (three year avg) Seamheads
Hm/Rd All Home/Road stats are since the beginning of the previous season
xFIP Expected Fielding Independent Pitching (assumes a league average HR rate on fly balls) Fangraphs
SIERA Skill Interactive ERA Fangraphs
wRC+ Weighted Runs Created Plus (100 is average) Fangraphs

Batted Ball Chart

Stat Description Source
Hard% Hard contact rate Fangraphs
HR/FB Percentage of fly balls that became HRs Fangraphs

K/SwStr Chart

Stat Description Source
SwStr% Percentage of pitches swung on and missed Fangraphs

ERA Estimators Chart

Stat Description Source
DRA Deserved Run Average Baseball Prospectus

BABIP & Statcast Chart

Stat Description Source
BABIP Batting Average on Balls in Play Fangraphs
LD% Percentage of batted balls that are line drives Fangraphs
IFFB% Percentage of fly balls that are infield flies Fangraphs
Z-Contact% Zone Contact rate Fangraphs
BBE Batted Ball Events Statcast (Baseball Savant)
Exit Velocity Batted ball speed off the bat Statcast (Baseball Savant)
Barrels Batted balls struck at both an exit velocity and launch angle that has resulted in at least a .500 AVG & 1.500 SLG historically Statcast (Baseball Savant)

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