Affirmative defense. An affirmative defense to a civil lawsuit or criminal charge is a fact or set of facts other than those alleged by the plaintiff or prosecutor which, if proven by the defendant, defeats or mitigates the legal consequences of the defendant's otherwise unlawful conduct.
Quick Answer. In baseball, the acronym WHIP stands for walks plus hits per inning pitched and is a way of measuring the efficacy of a pitcher. WHIP essentially measures the number of base runners allowed by each pitcher and is used in sabermetric player analysis. Continue Reading.
Baseball WHIP Calculator This calculator requires the use of Javascript enabled and capable browsers. This calculator is designed to give walks and hits per inning (WHIP and HIP) pitching statistics in one calculation. The formulas are listed below but you may also visit our Baseball Pitching Stats Formulae page. Enter the data that you have in the required data section. Then click on Calculate.