How Nels Potter's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Nels Potter posted a career WHIP of 1.37, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1936, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.49 that year. The highest point came in 1941 at 2.03, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.4 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.42 in 1947 to 1.08 in 1948 and 1.34 in 1949. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .000 to 2.03 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Nels Potter Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Nels Potter
Nels Potter
WHIP
Career1.366
Season Avg.1.366
162 Game Avg.1.366
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Nels Potter WHIP Per Season

Nels Potter'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.
Nels Potter WHIP per season line chart

Nels Potter WHIP by Team

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

Nels Potter WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Nels Potter'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.
Nels Potter WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Nels Potter WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Nels Potter'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.
Nels Potter WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Nels Potter WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Nels Potter'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.
Nels Potter WHIP season-by-season breakdown table