How Shawn Kelley's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Shawn Kelley posted a career WHIP of 1.19, below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 2011, posting .790, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.31 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 1.54, above the relief pitcher average of 1.32 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.54 in 2017 to .898 in 2018 and 1.39 in 2019. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 11 seasons.

Shawn Kelley Lifetime WHIP

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Shawn Kelley
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Career1.19
Season Avg.1.19
162 Game Avg.1.19
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Shawn Kelley WHIP Per Season

Shawn Kelley'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.
Shawn Kelley WHIP per season line chart

Shawn Kelley WHIP by Team

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

Shawn Kelley WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Shawn Kelley'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.
Shawn Kelley WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Shawn Kelley WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Shawn Kelley'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.
Shawn Kelley WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Shawn Kelley WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Shawn Kelley'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.
Shawn Kelley WHIP season-by-season breakdown table