How Bill Ricks's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Bill Ricks posted a career WHIP of 1.33, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1945, posting 1.2. The highest point came in 1947 at 2.09. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.38 in 1946 to 2.09 in 1947 and 1.23 in 1948. 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 5 seasons.
Bill Ricks Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Bill Ricks
| Bill Ricks
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.329 |
| Season Avg. | 1.329 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.329 |
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Bill Ricks WHIP Per Season
Bill Ricks's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Ricks WHIP by Team
Bill Ricks's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Ricks WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Ricks'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.
Bill Ricks WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Ricks'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.
Bill Ricks WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Ricks'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.
