How Bill James's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Bill James posted a career WHIP of 1.43, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1917, posting 1.31, near the starting pitcher average of 1.21 that year. The highest point came in 1912 at 1.76, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.31 in 1917 to 1.6 in 1918 and 1.53 in 1919. 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 8 seasons.
Bill James Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Bill James
| Bill James
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.431 |
| Season Avg. | 1.431 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.431 |
| More Info | See More |
Bill James WHIP Per Season
Bill James'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.
Bill James WHIP by Team
Bill James's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill James'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.
Bill James WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill James'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.
Bill James WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill James'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.
