How Burleigh Grimes's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Burleigh Grimes posted a career WHIP of 1.37, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1918, posting 1.06, below the starting pitcher average of 1.24 that year. The highest point came in 1934 at 1.68, above the starting pitcher average of 1.43 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.59 in 1932 to 1.48 in 1933 and 1.68 in 1934. 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 19 seasons.

Burleigh Grimes Lifetime WHIP

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Season Avg.1.365
162 Game Avg.1.365
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Burleigh Grimes WHIP Per Season

Burleigh Grimes'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.
Burleigh Grimes WHIP per season line chart

Burleigh Grimes WHIP by Team

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

Burleigh Grimes WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Burleigh Grimes'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.
Burleigh Grimes WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Burleigh Grimes WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Burleigh Grimes'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.
Burleigh Grimes WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Burleigh Grimes WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Burleigh Grimes'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.
Burleigh Grimes WHIP season-by-season breakdown table