How Bill Sayles's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Bill Sayles posted a career WHIP of 1.69, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the WHIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the WHIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The WHIP profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 2 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Bill Sayles Lifetime WHIP

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Bill Sayles
WHIP
Career1.691
Season Avg.1.691
162 Game Avg.1.691
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Bill Sayles WHIP Per Season

Bill Sayles's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Sayles WHIP per season line chart

Bill Sayles WHIP by Team

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

Bill Sayles WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Sayles'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 Sayles WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Sayles WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Sayles'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 Sayles WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Sayles WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Sayles'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.
Bill Sayles WHIP season-by-season breakdown table