How Kenley Jansen's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Kenley Jansen has posted a career WHIP of .962, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His strongest WHIP season came in 2016, posting .670, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The highest point came in 2023 at 1.28, near the relief pitcher average of 1.31 that year. The WHIP has trended upward over recent seasons. The figure has moved from 1.28 in 2023 to 1.06 in 2024 and .949 in 2025. The upward arc suggests continued forward momentum heading into 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 15 seasons.

Kenley Jansen Lifetime WHIP

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Kenley Jansen WHIP Per Season

Kenley Jansen'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, Carribean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Kenley Jansen WHIP per season line chart

Kenley Jansen WHIP by Team

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

Kenley Jansen WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Kenley Jansen'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.
Kenley Jansen WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Kenley Jansen WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kenley Jansen'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.
Kenley Jansen WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kenley Jansen WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kenley Jansen'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.
Kenley Jansen WHIP season-by-season breakdown table