How Bob Forsch's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Bob Forsch 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 1981, posting 1.09, below the starting pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The highest point came in 1989 at 1.65, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.32 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.31 in 1987 to 1.45 in 1988 and 1.65 in 1989. 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 16 seasons.

Bob Forsch Lifetime WHIP

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Bob Forsch
WHIP
Career1.291
Season Avg.1.291
162 Game Avg.1.291
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Bob Forsch WHIP Per Season

Bob Forsch'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.
Bob Forsch WHIP per season line chart

Bob Forsch WHIP by Team

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

Bob Forsch WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Forsch'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.
Bob Forsch WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Forsch WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Forsch'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.
Bob Forsch WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Forsch WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Forsch'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.
Bob Forsch WHIP season-by-season breakdown table