Take July 12's Yankees vs. Tampa Bay's box score as example, J Switzer has nothing to do with the win or loss of the game, but he was shown as WP (above the pitches-strikes figures)
2007-07-12 15:49:50 · 13 answers · asked by David Y 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
wild pitch
Switzer threw a pitch that a runner who was not stealing was able to advance a base on. As opposed to a passed ball, which is the same except that the catcher should have caught it.
If you look at the cinc/nym game 7/12/07 B Arroyo was the losing pitcher but had a wp listed below.
2007-07-12 15:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by who knows 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WP= Wild Pitch
2007-07-12 18:55:38 · answer #2 · answered by amethyst 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want to know something interesting. I'm a Met fan and that game was on my 16th birthday. Jose Reyes just turned 22 that day also. I remember that game so well. Ya, that was a really nice game. I remember the Marlon Anderson inside the park home-run very well. That was good year even though the Mets had a .500 season. It was still very exciting and was the beginning of the team people know now. For me, their was no one game that I could point to that made me a die hard fan. I became a fan of the Mets pretty much because I didn't want to be a Yankee fan when I was younger. I found the Yankees to be boring and I think I just liked the Mets cause they were the underdog in New York. Even when they were not that good, I always thought the Mets were exciting to watch, and that sort of helped me become a fan.
2016-05-21 02:44:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official abbreviation for a Wild Pitch is "WP" when viewed in a boxscore. And after looking at the box score myself that's indeed what it is.
"WP - J Switzer"
2007-07-12 16:02:56 · answer #4 · answered by Pat W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stands for wild pitch.
It does not stand for winning pitcher, as he pitches for the Devil Rays and the Yankees won the game. The winning pitcher is designated by a W followed by the pitcher's record in parentheses after the pitcher's name.
2007-07-12 15:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by bencas9900 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ooops
Just checked that score card - Wild Pitch
2007-07-12 15:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means winning pitcher, Switzer must have been credited with the win in that game.
OK, in Switzer's case, it was a wild pitch, but mainly it is used to designate the winning pitcher
2007-07-12 15:52:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it meanz Wild Pitch
2007-07-12 15:54:50 · answer #8 · answered by DAN1EL22 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wild pitch
2007-07-12 15:52:39 · answer #9 · answered by Jay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wild pitch.
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=wild%20pitch
2007-07-12 15:54:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋