LIPS
Late inning pressured situations
Example
He is very reliable as he performs great with LIPS
Related Slang
| RP | Relief pitcher |
| Closer | A relief pitcher that finishes a baseball game |
| hld | Hold |
| avg | Batting average |
| Hill | Pitcher's mound |
| Rubber | Pitcher's plate |
| Southpaw | Left-handed pitcher |
| SV | Saves |
Baseball Slang Quiz: Can you bat 1.000?
A baseball stat refers to the batting average allowed by a pitcher to hitters in late inning pressured situations.
A late inning pressured situation refers to any AB during the seventh inning or later where the batting team is winning by one run, tied, or has the tying run on deck, at bat, or on base. The LIPS statistic is similar to the hld and SV statistics.