How Rich Harden's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Rich Harden posted a career WHIP of 1.3, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2008, posting 1.06, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.39 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at 1.66, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.34 in 2009 to 1.66 in 2010 and 1.43 in 2011. 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 9 seasons.

Rich Harden Lifetime WHIP

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Rich Harden
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Career1.296
Season Avg.1.296
162 Game Avg.1.296
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Rich Harden WHIP Per Season

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

Rich Harden WHIP by Team

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

Rich Harden WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rich Harden'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.
Rich Harden WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Harden WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Harden'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.
Rich Harden WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Harden WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Harden'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.
Rich Harden WHIP season-by-season breakdown table