How Akinori Otsuka's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Akinori Otsuka posted a career WHIP of 1.16, below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 4 seasons, the WHIP arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the WHIP arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 4 seasons.
Akinori Otsuka Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Akinori Otsuka
| Akinori Otsuka
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.164 |
| Season Avg. | 1.164 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.164 |
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Akinori Otsuka WHIP Per Season
Akinori Otsuka'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, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Akinori Otsuka WHIP by Team
Akinori Otsuka's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Akinori Otsuka WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Akinori Otsuka'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.
Akinori Otsuka WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Akinori Otsuka'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.
Akinori Otsuka WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Akinori Otsuka'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.
