How John Franco's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

John Franco posted a career WHIP of 1.33, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1988, posting 1.01, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.34 that year. The highest point came in 2005 at 2.13, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.4 in 2003 to 1.52 in 2004 and 2.13 in 2005. 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 20 seasons.

John Franco Lifetime WHIP

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John Franco
WHIP
Career1.333
Season Avg.1.333
162 Game Avg.1.333
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John Franco WHIP Per Season

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

John Franco WHIP by Team

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

John Franco WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how John Franco'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.
John Franco WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

John Franco WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes John Franco'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.
John Franco WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

John Franco WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of John Franco'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.
John Franco WHIP season-by-season breakdown table