How Ken Heintzelman's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ken Heintzelman posted a career WHIP of 1.45, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1937, posting 1.0, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.45 that year. The highest point came in 1938 at 2.0, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.46 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.4 in 1950 to 1.45 in 1951 and 1.24 in 1952. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 13 seasons.

Ken Heintzelman Lifetime WHIP

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Ken Heintzelman
WHIP
Career1.445
Season Avg.1.445
162 Game Avg.1.445
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Ken Heintzelman WHIP Per Season

Ken Heintzelman'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.
Ken Heintzelman WHIP per season line chart

Ken Heintzelman WHIP by Team

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

Ken Heintzelman WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ken Heintzelman'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.
Ken Heintzelman WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ken Heintzelman WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ken Heintzelman'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.
Ken Heintzelman WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ken Heintzelman WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ken Heintzelman'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.
Ken Heintzelman WHIP season-by-season breakdown table