How Joba Chamberlain's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Joba Chamberlain posted a career WHIP of 1.38, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2007, posting .750, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 2013 at 1.74, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.29 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.29 in 2014 to 1.7 in 2015 and 1.15 in 2016. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Joba Chamberlain Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Joba Chamberlain
Joba Chamberlain
WHIP
Career1.379
Season Avg.1.379
162 Game Avg.1.379
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Joba Chamberlain WHIP Per Season

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

Joba Chamberlain WHIP by Team

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

Joba Chamberlain WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joba 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.
Joba Chamberlain WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Joba Chamberlain WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joba 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.
Joba Chamberlain WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joba Chamberlain WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joba 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.
Joba Chamberlain WHIP season-by-season breakdown table