How Dan O'Brien's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Dan O'Brien posted a career WHIP of 1.86, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the WHIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the WHIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 2 seasons.

Dan O'Brien Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Dan O'Brien
Dan O'Brien
WHIP
Career1.862
Season Avg.1.862
162 Game Avg.1.862
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Dan O'Brien WHIP Per Season

Dan O'Brien'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.
Dan O'Brien WHIP per season line chart

Dan O'Brien WHIP by Team

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

Dan O'Brien WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dan O'Brien'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.
Dan O'Brien WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Dan O'Brien WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dan O'Brien'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.
Dan O'Brien WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dan O'Brien WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dan O'Brien'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.
Dan O'Brien WHIP season-by-season breakdown table