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{{Short description|Baseball statistic}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2020}} [[File:Cy Young (1903).jpg|thumb|120px|Cy Young holds the major-league record for innings pitched with 7,356 during his career.]] In [[baseball]], the statistic '''innings pitched''' ('''IP''') is the number of [[inning]]s a [[pitcher]] has completed, measured by the number of [[Batter (baseball)|batters]] and [[baserunner]]s that have been put out while the pitcher is on the [[Baseball field#Pitcher's mound|pitching mound]] in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third of an inning, and two outs as two-thirds of an inning. Sometimes, the statistic is written 34.1, 72.2, or 91.0, for example, to represent {{frac|34|1|3}} innings, {{frac|72|2|3}} innings, and 91 innings exactly, respectively. Runners [[Glossary of baseball (L)#left on base|left on base]] by a pitcher are not counted in determining innings pitched. It is possible for a pitcher to enter a game, give up several hits and possibly even several runs, and be removed before achieving any outs, thereby recording a total of zero innings pitched. Alternatively, it is possible for a pitcher to enter a situation where there are two runners on base and no outs. He could throw one pitch that results in a [[triple play]], and for that one pitch, he would be credited with a full-inning pitched.
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