How Bruce Chen's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Chen posted a career WHIP of 1.39, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2004, posting 1.15, below the starting pitcher average of 1.39 that year. The highest point came in 2015 at 2.84, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.29 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.18 in 2013 to 1.76 in 2014 and 2.84 in 2015. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from 1.15 to 2.84 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Bruce Chen Lifetime WHIP

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Bruce Chen
WHIP
Career1.386
Season Avg.1.386
162 Game Avg.1.386
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Bruce Chen WHIP Per Season

Bruce Chen'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, Central America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bruce Chen WHIP per season line chart

Bruce Chen WHIP by Team

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

Bruce Chen WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Chen'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.
Bruce Chen WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Chen WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Chen'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.
Bruce Chen WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Chen WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Chen'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.
Bruce Chen WHIP season-by-season breakdown table