How to Calculate WHIP Walks and Hits Per Innings Pitched

Some people enjoy statistics and math, and some people enjoy baseball. Share a baseball game with someone that enjoys these things. It's a great way to get someone else to figure your baseball statistics and add to the activities you like to do together. WHIP statistics are easy to calculate, and baseball is fun to watch with other people.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Find a date who likes statistics, baseball or both. Bring up baseball in conversations with people you already know to find someone who might be interested. Or find an attractive stranger wearing a ball cap or a T-shirt with your favorite team. Make a point of figuring out if he knows how to calculate a WHIP and other baseball statistics.

2. Invite her to a game with you. Claim one of the playing teams together and keep track of the walks and base hits for each pitcher for your WHIP calculation.

3. Ask him to calculate the WHIP for the different pitchers on your team. If you're interested in learning to do it yourself, ask him to explain it to you. If neither of you knows how to calculate the WHIP, go on to Step 4.

4. Add the total number of walks each pitcher pitched to the total number of base hits. Divide that number by the number of innings pitched to two or three decimals, depending on how precise you want to be. The resulting number is the average walks and hits each pitcher pitched per inning.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't try to come off as helpless unless you think it improves her impression of you. Think of it as something you can do together, rather than something she's teaching you to do. You might accidentally convince her that you're not very useful.

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