How Daisuke Matsuzaka's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Daisuke Matsuzaka posted a career WHIP of 1.4, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2013, posting 1.24, near the starting pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The highest point came in 2009 at 1.87, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.71 in 2012 to 1.24 in 2013 and 1.34 in 2014. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.

Daisuke Matsuzaka Lifetime WHIP

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Daisuke Matsuzaka
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Career1.402
Season Avg.1.402
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Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP Per Season

Daisuke Matsuzaka'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, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP per season line chart

Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP by Team

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

Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Daisuke Matsuzaka'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.
Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Daisuke Matsuzaka'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.
Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Daisuke Matsuzaka'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.
Daisuke Matsuzaka WHIP season-by-season breakdown table