How Bill Hands's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Bill Hands posted a career WHIP of 1.22, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1968, posting .994, below the starting pitcher average of 1.17 that year. The highest point came in 1965 at 3.17, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.26 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.26 in 1973 to 1.31 in 1974 and 1.33 in 1975. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .994 to 3.17 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Bill Hands Lifetime WHIP

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Bill Hands
WHIP
Career1.224
Season Avg.1.224
162 Game Avg.1.224
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Bill Hands WHIP Per Season

Bill Hands'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.
Bill Hands WHIP per season line chart

Bill Hands WHIP by Team

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

Bill Hands WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Hands'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.
Bill Hands WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Hands WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Hands'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.
Bill Hands WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Hands WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Hands'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.
Bill Hands WHIP season-by-season breakdown table