How Bill Long's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Bill Long 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 1987, posting 1.23, below the starting pitcher average of 1.39 that year. The highest point came in 1991 at 4.8, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.33 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.4 in 1989 to 1.55 in 1990 and 4.8 in 1991. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from 1.23 to 4.8 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Bill Long Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Bill Long
| Bill Long
WHIP |
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| Career | 1.365 |
| Season Avg. | 1.365 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.365 |
| More Info | See More |
Bill Long WHIP Per Season
Bill Long's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Long WHIP by Team
Bill Long's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Long WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Long'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 Long WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Long'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 Long WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Long'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.
