How Jose Fernandez's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Jose Fernandez posted a career WHIP of 1.79, 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. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from 1.36 to 3.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jose Fernandez Lifetime WHIP

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Jose Fernandez
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Career1.786
Season Avg.1.786
162 Game Avg.1.786
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Jose Fernandez WHIP Per Season

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

Jose Fernandez WHIP by Team

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

Jose Fernandez WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jose Fernandez'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.
Jose Fernandez WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jose Fernandez WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jose Fernandez'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.
Jose Fernandez WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jose Fernandez WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jose Fernandez'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.
Jose Fernandez WHIP season-by-season breakdown table