How Steve Blass's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Steve Blass posted a career WHIP of 1.35, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1968, posting 1.13, near the starting pitcher average of 1.17 that year. The highest point came in 1974 at 2.4, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.33 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.25 in 1972 to 2.18 in 1973 and 2.4 in 1974. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from 1.13 to 2.4 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Steve Blass Lifetime WHIP

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Career1.349
Season Avg.1.349
162 Game Avg.1.349
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Steve Blass WHIP Per Season

Steve Blass'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.
Steve Blass WHIP per season line chart

Steve Blass WHIP by Team

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

Steve Blass WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Blass'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.
Steve Blass WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Blass WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Blass'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.
Steve Blass WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Blass WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Blass'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.
Steve Blass WHIP season-by-season breakdown table