How Joe Kelly's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Joe Kelly posted a career WHIP of 1.37, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2021, posting .977, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.32 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 1.7, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.6 in 2022 to 1.2 in 2023 and 1.47 in 2024. 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 12 seasons.
Joe Kelly Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Joe Kelly
| Joe Kelly
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.368 |
| Season Avg. | 1.368 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.368 |
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Joe Kelly WHIP Per Season
Joe Kelly'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Kelly WHIP by Team
Joe Kelly's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Kelly WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Kelly'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.
Joe Kelly WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Kelly'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.
Joe Kelly WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Kelly'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.
