How Larry Andersen's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Larry Andersen posted a career WHIP of 1.25, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1992, posting .971, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The highest point came in 1979 at 1.74, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.11 in 1991 to .971 in 1992 and 1.22 in 1993. 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 16 seasons.

Larry Andersen Lifetime WHIP

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Larry Andersen
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Career1.249
Season Avg.1.249
162 Game Avg.1.249
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Larry Andersen WHIP Per Season

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

Larry Andersen WHIP by Team

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

Larry Andersen WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Larry Andersen'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.
Larry Andersen WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Larry Andersen WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Larry Andersen'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.
Larry Andersen WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Larry Andersen WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Larry Andersen'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.
Larry Andersen WHIP season-by-season breakdown table