How Joe Paterson's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Joe Paterson posted a career WHIP of 1.69, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the WHIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the WHIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .857 to 6.75 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Joe Paterson Lifetime WHIP

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Joe Paterson
WHIP
Career1.686
Season Avg.1.686
162 Game Avg.1.686
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Joe Paterson WHIP Per Season

Joe Paterson'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.
Joe Paterson WHIP per season line chart

Joe Paterson WHIP by Team

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

Joe Paterson WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Paterson'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.
Joe Paterson WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Paterson WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Paterson'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.
Joe Paterson WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Paterson WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Paterson'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.
Joe Paterson WHIP season-by-season breakdown table