Games in relief, the Glossary
In baseball statistics, games in relief (denoted by GIR) are the number of games in which a pitcher appears but is not the starting pitcher.[1]
Table of Contents
4 relations: Baseball statistics, Pitcher, Relief pitcher, Starting pitcher.
- Pitching statistics
Baseball statistics
Baseball statistics include a variety of metrics used to evaluate player and team performance in the sport of baseball.
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Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.
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Relief pitcher
In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection, high pitch count, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions.
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Starting pitcher
In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team.
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See also
Pitching statistics
- Adjusted ERA+
- Balk
- Base on balls
- Bases on balls per nine innings pitched
- Basic pitch count estimator
- Batters faced
- Batting average against
- Complete game
- Component ERA
- Defense-Independent Component ERA
- Defense-independent ERA
- Earned run
- Earned run average
- Fielding independent pitching
- Game score
- Games in relief
- Games pitched
- Games started
- Hit by pitch
- Hits allowed
- Hits per nine innings
- Hold (baseball)
- Home runs allowed
- Home runs per nine innings
- Innings pitched
- Intentional base on balls
- Maddux (statistic)
- No decision
- Perfect game (baseball)
- Peripheral ERA
- Pickoff
- Pitch count
- Power finesse ratio
- Quality of Pitch
- Quality start
- Run average
- Save (baseball)
- Shutout (baseball)
- Strikeout
- Strikeout-to-walk ratio
- Strikeouts per nine innings pitched
- TRA (baseball statistic)
- Walks plus hits per inning pitched
- Wild pitch
- Win–loss record (pitching)