How Garrett Richards's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Garrett Richards posted a career WHIP of 1.31, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2017, posting .904, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 1.85, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.31 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.85 in 2019 to 1.6 in 2021 and 1.34 in 2022. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.

Garrett Richards Lifetime WHIP

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Garrett Richards
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Career1.306
Season Avg.1.306
162 Game Avg.1.306
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Garrett Richards WHIP Per Season

Garrett Richards'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.
Garrett Richards WHIP per season line chart

Garrett Richards WHIP by Team

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

Garrett Richards WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Garrett Richards'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.
Garrett Richards WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Garrett Richards WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Garrett Richards'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.
Garrett Richards WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Garrett Richards WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Garrett Richards'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.
Garrett Richards WHIP season-by-season breakdown table