How Stan Bahnsen's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Stan Bahnsen posted a career WHIP of 1.33, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1966, posting .957, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.25 that year. The highest point came in 1974 at 1.57, above the starting pitcher average of 1.33 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.24 in 1980 to 1.41 in 1981 and 1.39 in 1982. 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.

Stan Bahnsen Lifetime WHIP

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Stan Bahnsen
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Career1.33
Season Avg.1.33
162 Game Avg.1.33
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Stan Bahnsen WHIP Per Season

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

Stan Bahnsen WHIP by Team

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

Stan Bahnsen WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Stan Bahnsen'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.
Stan Bahnsen WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Stan Bahnsen WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Stan Bahnsen'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.
Stan Bahnsen WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Stan Bahnsen WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Stan Bahnsen'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.
Stan Bahnsen WHIP season-by-season breakdown table