How Brad Havens's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Brad Havens posted a career WHIP of 1.47, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1981, posting 1.28, near the starting pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The highest point came in 1985 at 2.09, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.33 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.5 in 1987 to 1.46 in 1988 and 1.86 in 1989. 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 8 seasons.

Brad Havens Lifetime WHIP

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Brad Havens
WHIP
Career1.473
Season Avg.1.473
162 Game Avg.1.473
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Brad Havens WHIP Per Season

Brad Havens'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.
Brad Havens WHIP per season line chart

Brad Havens WHIP by Team

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

Brad Havens WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brad Havens'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.
Brad Havens WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Brad Havens WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brad Havens'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.
Brad Havens WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brad Havens WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brad Havens'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.
Brad Havens WHIP season-by-season breakdown table