How Braden Looper's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Braden Looper posted a career WHIP of 1.37, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2002, posting 1.17, below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 1998 at 1.8, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.41 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.34 in 2007 to 1.31 in 2008 and 1.49 in 2009. 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 12 seasons.

Braden Looper Lifetime WHIP

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Braden Looper
WHIP
Career1.373
Season Avg.1.373
162 Game Avg.1.373
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Braden Looper WHIP Per Season

Braden Looper'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.
Braden Looper WHIP per season line chart

Braden Looper WHIP by Team

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

Braden Looper WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Braden Looper'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.
Braden Looper WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Braden Looper WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Braden Looper'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.
Braden Looper WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Braden Looper WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Braden Looper'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.
Braden Looper WHIP season-by-season breakdown table