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Step 1
Add up the total number of hits your pitcher has allowed in every inning pitched. Remember, errors do not count as hits. Neither do walks, intentional or otherwise.
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Step 2
Total the number of innings pitched your pitcher has thrown in a game. Remember that when looking at stats, there is a baseball oddity in that 1/3 of an inning is written as .1 when it comes to stats. Also 2/3 of an inning is written as .2. So you calculating this figure, be sure to use the decimals which are .333 and .667 respectively.
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Step 3
Divide the total number of hits by the number of innings pitched. For instance if your ace pitcher Johnny Fastball gave up 10 hits over 50 innings, you would divide 10 by 50 and get .2. Another example would be if Steve "no-control" Mason gave up 63 hits over 50 2/3 innings, you would divide 33 by 50.667 and the result would be 1.24 (when rounded.)
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Step 4
Multiply your answer by 9 which is the number of innings in a game. So for your ace, you would multiply .2 times 9 and receive an answer of 1.8. Which is excellent as that pitcher only gives up 1.8 hits per full game that he pitches. For Mr. No-Control you would multiply 1.24 times 9 and receive a number of 5.85 which would result in an average of 11.16 hits given up per game. A good average is somewhere in the 6 to 7 range.
