How Chris Short's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Chris Short posted a career WHIP of 1.3, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1964, posting 1.02, below the starting pitcher average of 1.27 that year. The highest point came in 1959 at 2.02, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.33 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.42 in 1971 to 1.39 in 1972 and 1.81 in 1973. 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 15 seasons.

Chris Short Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Chris Short
Chris Short
WHIP
Career1.299
Season Avg.1.299
162 Game Avg.1.299
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Chris Short WHIP Per Season

Chris Short'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.
Chris Short WHIP per season line chart

Chris Short WHIP by Team

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

Chris Short WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Short'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.
Chris Short WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Short WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chris Short'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.
Chris Short WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chris Short WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chris Short'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.
Chris Short WHIP season-by-season breakdown table