How Tom Cheney's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Tom Cheney posted a career WHIP of 1.35, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1963, posting 1.02, below the starting pitcher average of 1.25 that year. The highest point came in 1959 at 2.4, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.33 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.02 in 1963 to 1.19 in 1964 and 1.88 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from 1.02 to 2.4 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Tom Cheney Lifetime WHIP

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Career1.346
Season Avg.1.346
162 Game Avg.1.346
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Tom Cheney WHIP Per Season

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

Tom Cheney WHIP by Team

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

Tom Cheney WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tom Cheney'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.
Tom Cheney WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Tom Cheney WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tom Cheney'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.
Tom Cheney WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tom Cheney WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tom Cheney'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.
Tom Cheney WHIP season-by-season breakdown table