How The Only Nolan's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

The Only Nolan posted a career WHIP of 1.27, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1878, posting 1.19. The highest point came in 1883 at 1.66. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.66 in 1883 to 1.28 in 1884 and 1.46 in 1885. 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 5 seasons.

The Only Nolan Lifetime WHIP

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Career1.265
Season Avg.1.265
162 Game Avg.1.265
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The Only Nolan WHIP Per Season

The Only Nolan'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.
The Only Nolan WHIP per season line chart

The Only Nolan WHIP by Team

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

The Only Nolan WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how The Only Nolan'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.
The Only Nolan WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

The Only Nolan WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes The Only Nolan'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.
The Only Nolan WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

The Only Nolan WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of The Only Nolan'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.
The Only Nolan WHIP season-by-season breakdown table