How Ed Plank's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ed Plank posted a career WHIP of 1.84, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — 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. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from 1.2 to 3.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ed Plank Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Ed Plank
Ed Plank
WHIP
Career1.839
Season Avg.1.839
162 Game Avg.1.839
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Ed Plank WHIP Per Season

Ed Plank'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.
Ed Plank WHIP per season line chart

Ed Plank WHIP by Team

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

Ed Plank WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Plank'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.
Ed Plank WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Plank WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Plank'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.
Ed Plank WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Plank WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Plank'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.
Ed Plank WHIP season-by-season breakdown table