How Ron Kline's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ron Kline posted a career WHIP of 1.37, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1966, posting 1.06, below the starting pitcher average of 1.25 that year. The highest point came in 1952 at 1.78, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.33 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.11 in 1968 to 1.78 in 1969 and 1.74 in 1970. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.

Ron Kline Lifetime WHIP

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Ron Kline
WHIP
Career1.369
Season Avg.1.369
162 Game Avg.1.369
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Ron Kline WHIP Per Season

Ron Kline'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.
Ron Kline WHIP per season line chart

Ron Kline WHIP by Team

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

Ron Kline WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ron Kline'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.
Ron Kline WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ron Kline WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ron Kline'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.
Ron Kline WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ron Kline WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ron Kline'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.
Ron Kline WHIP season-by-season breakdown table