How Dale Murray's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Dale Murray posted a career WHIP of 1.45, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1974, posting .990, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 1985 at 2.33, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.37 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.43 in 1983 to 1.48 in 1984 and 2.33 in 1985. 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.

Dale Murray Lifetime WHIP

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Dale Murray
WHIP
Career1.446
Season Avg.1.446
162 Game Avg.1.446
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Dale Murray WHIP Per Season

Dale Murray'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.
Dale Murray WHIP per season line chart

Dale Murray WHIP by Team

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

Dale Murray WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dale Murray'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.
Dale Murray WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Dale Murray WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dale Murray'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.
Dale Murray WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dale Murray WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dale Murray'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.
Dale Murray WHIP season-by-season breakdown table