How Alan Foster's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Alan Foster posted a career WHIP of 1.34, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1967, posting .780, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.23 that year. The highest point came in 1969 at 1.44, above the starting pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.41 in 1974 to 1.39 in 1975 and 1.27 in 1976. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Alan Foster Lifetime WHIP

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Alan Foster
WHIP
Career1.337
Season Avg.1.337
162 Game Avg.1.337
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Alan Foster WHIP Per Season

Alan Foster'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.
Alan Foster WHIP per season line chart

Alan Foster WHIP by Team

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

Alan Foster WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Alan Foster'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.
Alan Foster WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Alan Foster WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Alan Foster'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.
Alan Foster WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Alan Foster WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Alan Foster'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.
Alan Foster WHIP season-by-season breakdown table