I was reading through some statistical delineations today and noticed something odd. For some reason, intentional walks are including a player's Walk Totals (and thus WHIP), but Hit Batsmen (HBP) are not. Should this not be the opposite? Should a player's control be negative skewed by intentional walks but artificially inflated by bad pitches? That such is so seems quite odd to me.
Starting today, I am starting the movement to have IBB's removed from BB totals and have HBP's added.
To quote Ben Franklin,
"give me accurate statistical referencing or give me death!"
On another note, why is a quality start 6 IP, 3 ER? How arbitrary is that number?
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