How Felix Hernandez's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Felix Hernandez posted a career WHIP of 1.21, below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 2014, posting .915, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.27 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 1.54, above the starting pitcher average of 1.31 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.29 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2018 and 1.54 in 2019. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 15 seasons.

Felix Hernandez Lifetime WHIP

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Felix Hernandez
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Career1.206
Season Avg.1.206
162 Game Avg.1.206
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Felix Hernandez WHIP Per Season

Felix Hernandez'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, South America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Felix Hernandez WHIP per season line chart

Felix Hernandez WHIP by Team

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

Felix Hernandez WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Felix Hernandez'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.
Felix Hernandez WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Felix Hernandez WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Felix Hernandez'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.
Felix Hernandez WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Felix Hernandez WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Felix Hernandez'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.
Felix Hernandez WHIP season-by-season breakdown table