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Originally Posted by hopeful1212
FIP == Fielding Independent Pitching
It's components are stuff that a pitcher as a lot of control over, namely BB, K, and HR. And over a large sample a pitcher's FIP tends to get close to a pitcher's ERA. The main advantage of it is that there is less randomness in it than there is in ERA, which makes it a better tool to project future ERA.
Go to his pitching stats and choose "Expanded Pitching Stats 2". Should be there.
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oh great, thanks. FIP is 3.82. I'm a baseball guy, but first i've heard of that stat. Thanks.