How Michael Petersen's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Michael Petersen has posted a career WHIP of 1.51, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. Across 2 seasons, the WHIP arc has shown a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the WHIP arc has been in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent WHIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 2 seasons.

Michael Petersen Lifetime WHIP

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Michael Petersen
WHIP
Career1.513
Season Avg.1.513
162 Game Avg.1.513
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Michael Petersen WHIP Per Season

Michael Petersen'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, Europe, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Michael Petersen WHIP per season line chart

Michael Petersen WHIP by Team

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

Michael Petersen WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Michael Petersen'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.
Michael Petersen WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Michael Petersen WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Michael Petersen'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.
Michael Petersen WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Michael Petersen WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Michael Petersen'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.
Michael Petersen WHIP season-by-season breakdown table