How Dave LaRoche's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Dave LaRoche posted a career WHIP of 1.31, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1976, posting 1.1, below the relief pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at 2.0, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.34 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.15 in 1981 to 1.3 in 1982 and 2.0 in 1983. 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 14 seasons.
Dave LaRoche Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Dave LaRoche
| Dave LaRoche
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.313 |
| Season Avg. | 1.313 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.313 |
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Dave LaRoche WHIP Per Season
Dave LaRoche'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.
Dave LaRoche WHIP by Team
Dave LaRoche's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave LaRoche WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave LaRoche'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.
Dave LaRoche WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave LaRoche'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.
Dave LaRoche WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave LaRoche'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.
