How Burch Smith's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Burch Smith posted a career WHIP of 1.51, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2024, posting 1.35, near the relief pitcher average of 1.26 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 1.88, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.88 in 2019 to 1.39 in 2021 and 1.35 in 2024. 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.
Burch Smith Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Burch Smith
| Burch Smith
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.512 |
| Season Avg. | 1.512 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.512 |
| More Info | See More |
Burch Smith WHIP Per Season
Burch Smith'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Burch Smith WHIP by Team
Burch Smith's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Burch Smith WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Burch Smith'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.
Burch Smith WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Burch Smith'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.
Burch Smith WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Burch Smith'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.
