How Lou Ciola's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Lou Ciola posted a career WHIP of 1.6, above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 1 season, the WHIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the WHIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 1 season.

Lou Ciola Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Lou Ciola
Lou Ciola
WHIP
Career1.603
Season Avg.1.603
162 Game Avg.1.603
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Lou Ciola WHIP Per Season

Lou Ciola'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.
Lou Ciola WHIP per season line chart

Lou Ciola WHIP by Team

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

Lou Ciola WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Lou Ciola'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.
Lou Ciola WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Lou Ciola WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Lou Ciola'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.
Lou Ciola WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Lou Ciola WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Lou Ciola'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.
Lou Ciola WHIP season-by-season breakdown table