How Dave Heaverlo's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Dave Heaverlo posted a career WHIP of 1.39, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1977, posting 1.15, below the relief pitcher average of 1.37 that year. The highest point came in 1981 at 1.77, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.36 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.62 in 1979 to 1.4 in 1980 and 1.77 in 1981. 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 7 seasons.

Dave Heaverlo Lifetime WHIP

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Dave Heaverlo
WHIP
Career1.389
Season Avg.1.389
162 Game Avg.1.389
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Dave Heaverlo WHIP Per Season

Dave Heaverlo'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.
Dave Heaverlo WHIP per season line chart

Dave Heaverlo WHIP by Team

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

Dave Heaverlo WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Heaverlo'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.
Dave Heaverlo WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Heaverlo WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Heaverlo'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.
Dave Heaverlo WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Heaverlo WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Heaverlo'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.
Dave Heaverlo WHIP season-by-season breakdown table