2007 LIPS ERA & DIPS WHIP leaders by Derek Carty October 2, 2007 I’ve gotten several requests to see an updated list of the LIPS ERA and DIPS WHIP leaders, so here you go. I’ve made a few changes to the table format. First, you’ll notice that the text is smaller. It feels like I’m trying to squeeze too much information into these tables, but most of it seems kind of necessary, or at least interesting to have. I’d be curious to know what you guys think. I’ve added some defensive stats on here. They appear in the four columns furthest to the right. The first of these columns gives THT’s Plus/Minus grade for that pitcher’s team. The second column gives his team’s Plus/Minus rank among his team’s league (AL or NL). The third column gives THT’s Revised Zone Rating (RZR) for his team, and the fourth is the team’s league rank. I think you should be familiar with the other columns, so let’s look at the tables. LIPS ERA – Top 15 LAST FIRST G GS IP ERA LIPS ERA WHIP DIPS WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB xGB% LOB% BABIP HR/FB TEAM +/- RK TEAM RZR RK Bedard Erik 28 28 182.0 3.16 3.13 1.09 1.12 10.93 2.82 3.88 46.52 78.80 0.287 12.26 -2 8 0.812 7 Beckett Josh 30 30 200.7 3.27 3.29 1.14 1.12 8.70 1.79 4.85 45.06 76.59 0.307 7.98 32 3 0.835 3 Santana Johan 33 33 219.0 3.33 3.30 1.07 1.09 9.66 2.14 4.52 37.33 81.95 0.275 13.15 2 7 0.812 7 Hamels Cole 28 28 183.3 3.39 3.33 1.12 1.12 8.69 2.11 4.12 41.67 80.46 0.285 12.82 55 3 0.838 2 Smoltz John 32 32 205.7 3.11 3.46 1.18 1.16 8.62 2.06 4.19 44.86 79.35 0.312 8.70 -4 11 0.839 1 Peavy Jake 34 34 223.3 2.54 3.48 1.06 1.15 9.67 2.74 3.53 42.78 80.07 0.279 5.83 27 7 0.804 14 Sabathia C.C. 34 34 241.0 3.21 3.54 1.14 1.10 7.80 1.38 5.65 44.29 77.25 0.316 7.81 -18 11 0.804 11 Burnett A.J. 25 25 165.7 3.75 3.54 1.19 1.26 9.56 3.59 2.67 52.06 79.19 0.262 17.69 91 1 0.843 1 Kazmir Scott E 34 34 206.7 3.48 3.58 1.38 1.28 10.41 3.88 2.69 41.11 79.46 0.339 8.07 -142 14 0.787 14 Harang Aaron 34 34 231.7 3.73 3.60 1.14 1.15 8.47 2.02 4.19 39.36 75.71 0.292 10.18 15 9 0.798 15 Vazquez Javier 32 32 216.7 3.74 3.60 1.14 1.14 8.85 2.08 4.26 38.28 76.85 0.294 11.03 -10 10 0.810 9 Hernandez Felix A 30 30 190.3 3.92 3.63 1.37 1.27 7.80 2.46 3.17 58.23 76.69 0.338 15.04 -64 13 0.800 12 Shields James 31 31 215.0 3.85 3.69 1.11 1.12 7.70 1.51 5.11 41.63 74.71 0.287 11.07 -142 14 0.787 14 Hendrickson Mark 39 15 122.7 5.21 3.74 1.39 1.26 6.75 2.13 3.17 45.92 66.89 0.335 11.63 -64 15 0.831 4 Webb Brandon 34 34 236.3 3.01 3.76 1.19 1.26 7.39 2.74 2.69 60.59 76.89 0.291 8.76 43 5 0.835 3 DIPS WHIP – Top 15 LAST FIRST G GS IP ERA LIPS ERA WHIP DIPS WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB xGB% LOB% BABIP HR/FB TEAM +/- RK TEAM RZR RK Santana Johan 33 33 219.0 3.33 3.30 1.07 1.09 9.66 2.14 4.52 37.33 81.95 0.275 13.15 2 7 0.812 7 Sabathia C.C. 34 34 241.0 3.21 3.54 1.14 1.10 7.80 1.38 5.65 44.29 77.25 0.316 7.81 -18 11 0.804 11 Shields James 31 31 215.0 3.85 3.69 1.11 1.12 7.70 1.51 5.11 41.63 74.71 0.287 11.07 -142 14 0.787 14 Hamels Cole 28 28 183.3 3.39 3.33 1.12 1.12 8.69 2.11 4.12 41.67 80.46 0.285 12.82 55 3 0.838 2 Bedard Erik 28 28 182.0 3.16 3.13 1.09 1.12 10.93 2.82 3.88 46.52 78.80 0.287 12.26 -2 8 0.812 7 Beckett Josh 30 30 200.7 3.27 3.29 1.14 1.12 8.70 1.79 4.85 45.06 76.59 0.307 7.98 32 3 0.835 3 Vazquez Javier 32 32 216.7 3.74 3.60 1.14 1.14 8.85 2.08 4.26 38.28 76.85 0.294 11.03 -10 10 0.810 9 Harang Aaron 34 34 231.7 3.73 3.60 1.14 1.15 8.47 2.02 4.19 39.36 75.71 0.292 10.18 15 9 0.798 15 Peavy Jake 34 34 223.3 2.54 3.48 1.06 1.15 9.67 2.74 3.53 42.78 80.07 0.279 5.83 27 7 0.804 14 Smoltz John 32 32 205.7 3.11 3.46 1.18 1.16 8.62 2.06 4.19 44.86 79.35 0.312 8.70 -4 11 0.839 1 Lilly Ted 34 34 207.0 3.83 3.88 1.14 1.18 7.57 2.39 3.16 32.66 75.58 0.270 9.66 58 1 0.814 10 Hill Rich 32 32 195.0 3.92 3.78 1.19 1.21 8.45 2.91 2.90 36.57 77.22 0.278 11.74 58 1 0.814 10 Lackey John 33 33 224.0 3.01 3.91 1.21 1.22 7.19 2.09 3.44 44.40 80.68 0.302 7.35 -49 12 0.800 12 Haren Dan 34 34 222.7 3.07 3.77 1.21 1.23 7.76 2.22 3.49 43.26 82.21 0.292 9.34 35 2 0.836 2 Baker Scott 24 23 143.7 4.26 4.05 1.33 1.23 6.39 1.82 3.52 35.73 73.14 0.329 7.58 2 7 0.812 7 Concluding thoughts I’m not going to review any particular players because we’ll be doing a ton of that over the next couple of months, but with all of the requests for these lists I wanted to give them to you. I’ll be back either later tonight or tomorrow with a player profile. I’ve gotten a few more requests for player profiles, so if you have anyone you’d like to see feel free to send me an email.