How Ice Box Chamberlain's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ice Box Chamberlain posted a career WHIP of 1.39, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1888, posting 1.06, below the relief pitcher average of 1.17 that year. The highest point came in 1896 at 2.36, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.5 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.49 in 1893 to 1.75 in 1894 and 2.36 in 1896. 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 10 seasons.

Ice Box Chamberlain Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Ice Box Chamberlain
Ice Box Chamberlain
WHIP
Career1.392
Season Avg.1.392
162 Game Avg.1.392
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Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP Per Season

Ice Box Chamberlain'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.
Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP per season line chart

Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP by Team

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

Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ice Box Chamberlain'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.
Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ice Box Chamberlain'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.
Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ice Box Chamberlain'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.
Ice Box Chamberlain WHIP season-by-season breakdown table