ERA or WHIP?

[Rios15]

What do you personally measure a pitcher with more than the other in terms of ERA and WHIP? They're both pretty valid statistics after all -- but which one do you give more credit?

 

[Elite]

Both together. A high ERA but a low whip means they' probably pitched better than their ERA indicates and vice versa.

 

[Rios15]

Both together. A high ERA but a low whip means they' probably pitched better than their ERA indicates and vice versa.

They kind of correlate with each other most of the time but my argument is that a lower WHIP usually = a lower ERA and that's why I rank WHIP higher. You're allowing less batters on base which can in turn mean less runs looking at the big picture at least.

 

[Sabbath]

ERA because some pitchers are good at pitching out of jams. Regardless, they usually correlate to each other and the correction is usually eventually made at some point in the season, however Randy Wells rookie campaign springs to mind.

 

[bosoxlover12]

Wins.

 

[Mexi]

ERA is pretty misleading

 

[snipezo]

Fip

 

[elcheato]

Both are flawed and like someone mentioned above, they work well together to sniff out over and underachievers.