How Roosevelt Owens's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Roosevelt Owens posted a career WHIP of 1.77, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — 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. The WHIP profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 2 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Roosevelt Owens Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Roosevelt Owens
Roosevelt Owens
WHIP
Career1.772
Season Avg.1.772
162 Game Avg.1.772
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Roosevelt Owens WHIP Per Season

Roosevelt Owens's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Roosevelt Owens WHIP per season line chart

Roosevelt Owens WHIP by Team

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

Roosevelt Owens WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roosevelt Owens'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.
Roosevelt Owens WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Roosevelt Owens WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roosevelt Owens'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.
Roosevelt Owens WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roosevelt Owens WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roosevelt Owens'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.
Roosevelt Owens WHIP season-by-season breakdown table