How Phil Hughes's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Phil Hughes posted a career WHIP of 1.32, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2009, posting 1.12, below the starting pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 2008 at 1.71, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.39 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.51 in 2016 to 1.58 in 2017 and 1.65 in 2018. 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 12 seasons.

Phil Hughes Lifetime WHIP

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Phil Hughes
WHIP
Career1.315
Season Avg.1.315
162 Game Avg.1.315
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Phil Hughes WHIP Per Season

Phil Hughes'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.
Phil Hughes WHIP per season line chart

Phil Hughes WHIP by Team

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

Phil Hughes WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Phil Hughes'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.
Phil Hughes WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Phil Hughes WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Phil Hughes'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.
Phil Hughes WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Phil Hughes WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Phil Hughes'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.
Phil Hughes WHIP season-by-season breakdown table