How Bill Laxton's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Bill Laxton posted a career WHIP of 1.52, above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest WHIP season came in 1976, posting 1.35, near the relief pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The highest point came in 1971 at 2.1, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.32 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.68 in 1974 to 1.35 in 1976 and 1.41 in 1977. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 5 seasons.
Bill Laxton Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Bill Laxton
| Bill Laxton
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.521 |
| Season Avg. | 1.521 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.521 |
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Bill Laxton WHIP Per Season
Bill Laxton'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.
Bill Laxton WHIP by Team
Bill Laxton's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Laxton WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Laxton'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.
Bill Laxton WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Laxton'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.
Bill Laxton WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Laxton'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.
