How Kerry Ligtenberg's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Kerry Ligtenberg posted a career WHIP of 1.32, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1998, posting 1.03, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.41 that year. The highest point came in 2005 at 2.07, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.25 in 2003 to 1.78 in 2004 and 2.07 in 2005. 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 8 seasons.

Kerry Ligtenberg Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Kerry Ligtenberg
Kerry Ligtenberg
WHIP
Career1.318
Season Avg.1.318
162 Game Avg.1.318
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Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP Per Season

Kerry Ligtenberg'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.
Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP per season line chart

Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP by Team

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

Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Kerry Ligtenberg'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.
Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kerry Ligtenberg'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.
Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kerry Ligtenberg'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.
Kerry Ligtenberg WHIP season-by-season breakdown table