How Doug Bird's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Doug Bird posted a career WHIP of 1.29, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1973, posting 1.09, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.4 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at 1.58, above the relief pitcher average of 1.34 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.26 in 1981 to 1.36 in 1982 and 1.58 in 1983. 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 11 seasons.

Doug Bird Lifetime WHIP

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Doug Bird
WHIP
Career1.293
Season Avg.1.293
162 Game Avg.1.293
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Doug Bird WHIP Per Season

Doug Bird'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.
Doug Bird WHIP per season line chart

Doug Bird WHIP by Team

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

Doug Bird WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Doug Bird'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.
Doug Bird WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Doug Bird WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Doug Bird'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.
Doug Bird WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Doug Bird WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Doug Bird'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.
Doug Bird WHIP season-by-season breakdown table