How Yusei Kikuchi's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Yusei Kikuchi has posted a career WHIP of 1.36, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2024, posting 1.2, near the starting pitcher average of 1.27 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 1.52, above the starting pitcher average of 1.31 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 1.27 in 2023 to 1.2 in 2024 and 1.42 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. One of the more consistent WHIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.

Yusei Kikuchi Lifetime WHIP

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Yusei Kikuchi
WHIP
Career1.358
Season Avg.1.358
162 Game Avg.1.358
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Yusei Kikuchi WHIP Per Season

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

Yusei Kikuchi WHIP by Team

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

Yusei Kikuchi WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Yusei Kikuchi WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yusei Kikuchi WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi WHIP season-by-season breakdown table