How Steve Howe's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Steve Howe posted a career WHIP of 1.2, below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 1992, posting .546, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The highest point came in 1985 at 1.71, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.37 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.34 in 1993 to 1.69 in 1995 and 1.47 in 1996. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .546 to 1.71 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Steve Howe Lifetime WHIP

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Steve Howe
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Career1.196
Season Avg.1.196
162 Game Avg.1.196
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Steve Howe WHIP Per Season

Steve Howe'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.
Steve Howe WHIP per season line chart

Steve Howe WHIP by Team

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

Steve Howe WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Howe'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.
Steve Howe WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Howe WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Howe'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.
Steve Howe WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Howe WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Howe'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.
Steve Howe WHIP season-by-season breakdown table