How Matt Cain's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Matt Cain posted a career WHIP of 1.23, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2005, posting .928, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.36 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 1.66, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.5 in 2015 to 1.51 in 2016 and 1.66 in 2017. 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 13 seasons.
Matt Cain Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Matt Cain
| Matt Cain
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.228 |
| Season Avg. | 1.228 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.228 |
| More Info | See More |
Matt Cain WHIP Per Season
Matt Cain'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.
Matt Cain WHIP by Team
Matt Cain's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Matt Cain WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Cain'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.
Matt Cain WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Matt Cain'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.
Matt Cain WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Matt Cain'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.
