How Ben Sheets's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ben Sheets posted a career WHIP of 1.22, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2004, posting .983, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.39 that year. The highest point came in 2002 at 1.42, near the starting pitcher average of 1.37 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.15 in 2008 to 1.39 in 2010 and 1.32 in 2012. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Ben Sheets Lifetime WHIP

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Ben Sheets
WHIP
Career1.219
Season Avg.1.219
162 Game Avg.1.219
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Ben Sheets WHIP Per Season

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

Ben Sheets WHIP by Team

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

Ben Sheets WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ben Sheets WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ben Sheets WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets WHIP season-by-season breakdown table