How Dock Ellis's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Dock Ellis posted a career WHIP of 1.29, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1968, posting 1.15, near the starting pitcher average of 1.17 that year. The highest point came in 1979 at 1.7, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.36 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.29 in 1977 to 1.25 in 1978 and 1.7 in 1979. 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 12 seasons.

Dock Ellis Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Dock Ellis
Dock Ellis
WHIP
Career1.288
Season Avg.1.288
162 Game Avg.1.288
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Dock Ellis WHIP Per Season

Dock Ellis'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.
Dock Ellis WHIP per season line chart

Dock Ellis WHIP by Team

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

Dock Ellis WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dock Ellis'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.
Dock Ellis WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Dock Ellis WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dock Ellis'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.
Dock Ellis WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dock Ellis WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dock Ellis'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.
Dock Ellis WHIP season-by-season breakdown table