How Hal Smith's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Hal Smith posted a career WHIP of 1.35, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 4 seasons, the WHIP arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the WHIP arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .917 to 1.8 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Hal Smith Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Hal Smith
Hal Smith
WHIP
Career1.352
Season Avg.1.352
162 Game Avg.1.352
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Hal Smith WHIP Per Season

Hal Smith'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.
Hal Smith WHIP per season line chart

Hal Smith WHIP by Team

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

Hal Smith WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Hal 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.
Hal Smith WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Hal Smith WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Hal 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.
Hal Smith WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Hal Smith WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Hal 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.
Hal Smith WHIP season-by-season breakdown table