How Kelly Downs's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Kelly Downs posted a career WHIP of 1.33, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1988, posting 1.11, below the starting pitcher average of 1.29 that year. The highest point came in 1993 at 1.63, above the starting pitcher average of 1.38 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.36 in 1991 to 1.43 in 1992 and 1.63 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.

Kelly Downs Lifetime WHIP

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Kelly Downs
WHIP
Career1.333
Season Avg.1.333
162 Game Avg.1.333
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Kelly Downs WHIP Per Season

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

Kelly Downs WHIP by Team

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

Kelly Downs WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Kelly Downs'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.
Kelly Downs WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Kelly Downs WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kelly Downs'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.
Kelly Downs WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kelly Downs WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kelly Downs'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.
Kelly Downs WHIP season-by-season breakdown table