How Jim Perry's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Jim Perry posted a career WHIP of 1.26, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1968, posting 1.0, below the starting pitcher average of 1.17 that year. The highest point came in 1961 at 1.45, near the starting pitcher average of 1.36 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.38 in 1973 to 1.21 in 1974 and 1.43 in 1975. 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 17 seasons.

Jim Perry Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Jim Perry
Jim Perry
WHIP
Career1.256
Season Avg.1.256
162 Game Avg.1.256
More InfoSee More

Jim Perry WHIP Per Season

Jim Perry'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.
Jim Perry WHIP per season line chart

Jim Perry WHIP by Team

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

Jim Perry WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Perry'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.
Jim Perry WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Perry WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Perry'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.
Jim Perry WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Perry WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Perry'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.
Jim Perry WHIP season-by-season breakdown table