How Willie Hernandez's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Willie Hernandez posted a career WHIP of 1.25, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1985, posting .900, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.37 that year. The highest point came in 1989 at 1.66, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.31 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.49 in 1987 to 1.2 in 1988 and 1.66 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 13 seasons.

Willie Hernandez Lifetime WHIP

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Willie Hernandez
WHIP
Career1.245
Season Avg.1.245
162 Game Avg.1.245
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Willie Hernandez WHIP Per Season

Willie 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, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Hernandez WHIP per season line chart

Willie Hernandez WHIP by Team

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

Willie Hernandez WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Willie 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.
Willie Hernandez WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Willie Hernandez WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Willie 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.
Willie Hernandez WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Willie Hernandez WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Willie 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.
Willie Hernandez WHIP season-by-season breakdown table