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Originally Posted by RonCo
BABIP is just BABIP. It is a skill for hitters, but not so much for pitchers.
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Pitchers are rated by BABIP too. BABIP is a useful stat by itself for both because it allows you to get an idea of whether a hitter or pitcher is having bad luck over a short sample. When your lights out reliever has an ERA of 4.90 over 24 innings and you see his BABIP is far above both his and the league average, you know he's having a bad stretch of luck.
It's a skill because batters and pitchers have (often) repeatable averages of this number, but it's probably the best antitode for low/high expectations at times. It makes sense as a stat in OOTP to boost high contact hitters. What accounts for BABIP is probably more than just bat to barrel but it's probably been studied.