How Ian Desmond's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ian Desmond posted a career WHIP of 1.0, well below the league average of 1.34 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the WHIP arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the WHIP arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

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Ian Desmond WHIP Per Season

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

Ian Desmond WHIP by Team

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

Ian Desmond WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ian Desmond WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ian Desmond WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond WHIP season-by-season breakdown table