How Syl Johnson's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Syl Johnson posted a career WHIP of 1.28, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1927, posting 1.0, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.42 that year. The highest point came in 1925 at 1.62, above the starting pitcher average of 1.47 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.18 in 1938 to 1.14 in 1939 and 1.03 in 1940. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 19 seasons.

Syl Johnson Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Syl Johnson
Syl Johnson
WHIP
Career1.283
Season Avg.1.283
162 Game Avg.1.283
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Syl Johnson WHIP Per Season

Syl Johnson's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Syl Johnson WHIP per season line chart

Syl Johnson WHIP by Team

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

Syl Johnson WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Syl Johnson'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.
Syl Johnson WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Syl Johnson WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Syl Johnson'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.
Syl Johnson WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Syl Johnson WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Syl Johnson'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.
Syl Johnson WHIP season-by-season breakdown table