How Gary Lavelle's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Gary Lavelle posted a career WHIP of 1.33, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1983, posting 1.06, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.34 that year. The highest point came in 1987 at 1.94, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.33 in 1984 to 1.24 in 1985 and 1.94 in 1987. 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 13 seasons.

Gary Lavelle Lifetime WHIP

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Gary Lavelle
WHIP
Career1.331
Season Avg.1.331
162 Game Avg.1.331
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Gary Lavelle WHIP Per Season

Gary Lavelle'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.
Gary Lavelle WHIP per season line chart

Gary Lavelle WHIP by Team

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

Gary Lavelle WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Lavelle'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.
Gary Lavelle WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Gary Lavelle WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gary Lavelle'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.
Gary Lavelle WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gary Lavelle WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gary Lavelle'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.
Gary Lavelle WHIP season-by-season breakdown table