How Roy Oswalt's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Roy Oswalt posted a career WHIP of 1.21, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2010, posting 1.03, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 that year. The highest point came in 2013 at 1.79, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.3 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.34 in 2011 to 1.53 in 2012 and 1.79 in 2013. 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 13 seasons.

Roy Oswalt Lifetime WHIP

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Roy Oswalt
WHIP
Career1.211
Season Avg.1.211
162 Game Avg.1.211
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Roy Oswalt WHIP Per Season

Roy Oswalt'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.
Roy Oswalt WHIP per season line chart

Roy Oswalt WHIP by Team

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

Roy Oswalt WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roy Oswalt'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.
Roy Oswalt WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Roy Oswalt WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roy Oswalt'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.
Roy Oswalt WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roy Oswalt WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roy Oswalt'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.
Roy Oswalt WHIP season-by-season breakdown table