How Mark Melancon's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Mark Melancon posted a career WHIP of 1.17, below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 2014, posting .873, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.28 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 1.59, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.32 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.32 in 2019 to 1.22 in 2021 and 1.5 in 2022. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 13 seasons.

Mark Melancon Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Mark Melancon
Mark Melancon
WHIP
Career1.168
Season Avg.1.168
162 Game Avg.1.168
More InfoSee More

Mark Melancon WHIP Per Season

Mark Melancon'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.
Mark Melancon WHIP per season line chart

Mark Melancon WHIP by Team

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

Mark Melancon WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mark Melancon'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.
Mark Melancon WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Mark Melancon WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mark Melancon'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.
Mark Melancon WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mark Melancon WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mark Melancon'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.
Mark Melancon WHIP season-by-season breakdown table