How Mariano Rivera's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Mariano Rivera posted a career WHIP of 1.0, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest WHIP season came in 2008, posting .665, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 1995 at 1.51, near the relief pitcher average of 1.44 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .897 in 2011 to .960 in 2012 and 1.05 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 19 seasons.
Mariano Rivera Lifetime WHIP
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Mariano Rivera WHIP Per Season
Mariano Rivera's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, Central America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mariano Rivera WHIP by Team
Mariano Rivera's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mariano Rivera WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mariano Rivera'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.
Mariano Rivera WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mariano Rivera'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.
Mariano Rivera WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mariano Rivera'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.
