How David Price's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

David Price posted a career WHIP of 1.16, below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 2008, posting .929, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.39 that year. The highest point came in 2021 at 1.43, above the starting pitcher average of 1.28 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.31 in 2019 to 1.43 in 2021 and 1.17 in 2022. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 14 seasons.

David Price Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for David Price
David Price
WHIP
Career1.163
Season Avg.1.163
162 Game Avg.1.163
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David Price WHIP Per Season

David Price'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.
David Price WHIP per season line chart

David Price WHIP by Team

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

David Price WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how David Price'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.
David Price WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

David Price WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes David Price'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.
David Price WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

David Price WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of David Price'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.
David Price WHIP season-by-season breakdown table