How Jim Bouton's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Jim Bouton posted a career WHIP of 1.26, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1964, posting 1.06, below the starting pitcher average of 1.27 that year. The highest point came in 1970 at 1.6, above the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.3 in 1969 to 1.6 in 1970 and 1.59 in 1978. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Jim Bouton Lifetime WHIP

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Jim Bouton
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Season Avg.1.264
162 Game Avg.1.264
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Jim Bouton WHIP Per Season

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

Jim Bouton WHIP by Team

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

Jim Bouton WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Bouton'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.
Jim Bouton WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Bouton WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Bouton'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.
Jim Bouton WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Bouton WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Bouton'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.
Jim Bouton WHIP season-by-season breakdown table