HBP Should Count On WHIP

Just a short little post today while I'm preparing my longer one on the pre-pros. 

    WHIP (commonly called baserunners per inning) is a pitching statistic defined as (walks + hits) / innings pitched, hence the abbreviation WHIP. However, hit batsmen do not count toward a pitcher's WHIP. This is odd to me, considering that the whole purpose of WHIP is to quantify how many runners a pitcher allows to reach base for every three he puts away, and that hit batters have the same basic effect as walks. 

    I'd love to see WHIP revised to account for his omission, as you simply can't ignore HBP.