How Rube Benton's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Rube Benton posted a career WHIP of 1.27, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1918, posting .833, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.24 that year. The highest point came in 1910 at 1.76, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.23 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.37 in 1923 to 1.17 in 1924 and 1.47 in 1925. 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 15 seasons.
Rube Benton Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Rube Benton
| Rube Benton
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.265 |
| Season Avg. | 1.265 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.265 |
| More Info | See More |
Rube Benton WHIP Per Season
Rube Benton'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.
Rube Benton WHIP by Team
Rube Benton's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Benton WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Benton'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.
Rube Benton WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rube Benton'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.
Rube Benton WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rube Benton'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.
