How Rudy May's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Rudy May posted a career WHIP of 1.25, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1980, posting 1.04, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at 1.86, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.21 in 1981 to 1.16 in 1982 and 1.86 in 1983. 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 16 seasons.

Rudy May Lifetime WHIP

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Rudy May
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Career1.248
Season Avg.1.248
162 Game Avg.1.248
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Rudy May WHIP Per Season

Rudy May'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.
Rudy May WHIP per season line chart

Rudy May WHIP by Team

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

Rudy May WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rudy May'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.
Rudy May WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rudy May WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rudy May'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.
Rudy May WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rudy May WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rudy May'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.
Rudy May WHIP season-by-season breakdown table