How Bruce Howard's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Howard posted a career WHIP of 1.3, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1964, posting .806, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.27 that year. The highest point came in 1968 at 1.77, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.17 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.03 in 1966 to 1.37 in 1967 and 1.77 in 1968. 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 6 seasons.

Bruce Howard Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Bruce Howard
Bruce Howard
WHIP
Career1.301
Season Avg.1.301
162 Game Avg.1.301
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Bruce Howard WHIP Per Season

Bruce Howard'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.
Bruce Howard WHIP per season line chart

Bruce Howard WHIP by Team

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

Bruce Howard WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Howard'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.
Bruce Howard WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Howard WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Howard'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.
Bruce Howard WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Howard WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Howard'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.
Bruce Howard WHIP season-by-season breakdown table