How Taylor Buchholz's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Taylor Buchholz posted a career WHIP of 1.2, below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 2008, posting .950, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 2007 at 1.34, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .950 in 2008 to 1.33 in 2010 and 1.12 in 2011. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 5 seasons.

Taylor Buchholz Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Taylor Buchholz
Taylor Buchholz
WHIP
Career1.203
Season Avg.1.203
162 Game Avg.1.203
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Taylor Buchholz WHIP Per Season

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

Taylor Buchholz WHIP by Team

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

Taylor Buchholz WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Taylor Buchholz'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.
Taylor Buchholz WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Taylor Buchholz WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Taylor Buchholz'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.
Taylor Buchholz WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Taylor Buchholz WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Taylor Buchholz'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.
Taylor Buchholz WHIP season-by-season breakdown table