Affirmative defense. An affirmative defense to a civil lawsuit or criminal charge is a fact or set of facts other than those alleged by the plaintiff or prosecutor which, if proven by the defendant, defeats or mitigates the legal consequences of the defendant's otherwise unlawful conduct.
Quick Answer. In baseball, the acronym WHIP stands for walks plus hits per inning pitched and is a way of measuring the efficacy of a pitcher. WHIP essentially measures the number of base runners allowed by each pitcher and is used in sabermetric player analysis. Continue Reading.
On base percentage plus slugging percentage (OPS) is a relatively new measurement of a hitterâs performance in baseball. It essentially measures the playerâs ability to hit the ball, and also to get safely to base. Thus many look to OPS as a valuable tool for assessing the offensive skill of a player.