How Darrel Akerfelds's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Darrel Akerfelds posted a career WHIP of 1.47, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1990, posting 1.28, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 1986 at 1.88, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.46 in 1989 to 1.28 in 1990 and 1.53 in 1991. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 5 seasons.

Darrel Akerfelds Lifetime WHIP

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Darrel Akerfelds
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Career1.468
Season Avg.1.468
162 Game Avg.1.468
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Darrel Akerfelds WHIP Per Season

Darrel Akerfelds's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Darrel Akerfelds WHIP per season line chart

Darrel Akerfelds WHIP by Team

Darrel Akerfelds's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Darrel Akerfelds career WHIP by team bar chart

Darrel Akerfelds WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Darrel Akerfelds's career WHIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Darrel Akerfelds WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Darrel Akerfelds WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Darrel Akerfelds's seasonal WHIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Darrel Akerfelds WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Darrel Akerfelds WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Darrel Akerfelds's MLB career with WHIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Darrel Akerfelds WHIP season-by-season breakdown table