How Rick Dempsey's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Rick Dempsey posted a career WHIP of 2.0, well above the league average of 1.35 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. 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 remained well below league norms across 1 season.

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Rick Dempsey WHIP Per Season

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

Rick Dempsey WHIP by Team

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

Rick Dempsey WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Dempsey'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.
Rick Dempsey WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Dempsey WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Dempsey'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.
Rick Dempsey WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Dempsey WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Dempsey'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.
Rick Dempsey WHIP season-by-season breakdown table