How Sam Clay's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Sam Clay posted a career WHIP of 1.69, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the WHIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the WHIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The WHIP profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 2 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Sam Clay Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Sam Clay
Sam Clay
WHIP
Career1.689
Season Avg.1.689
162 Game Avg.1.689
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Sam Clay WHIP Per Season

Sam Clay'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.
Sam Clay WHIP per season line chart

Sam Clay WHIP by Team

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

Sam Clay WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Clay'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.
Sam Clay WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Clay WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Clay'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.
Sam Clay WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Clay WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Clay'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.
Sam Clay WHIP season-by-season breakdown table