How John Smoltz's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
John Smoltz posted a career WHIP of 1.18, below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 2003, posting .871, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 1988 at 1.67, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.29 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.18 in 2007 to 1.18 in 2008 and 1.45 in 2009. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 20 seasons.
John Smoltz Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for John Smoltz
| John Smoltz
WHIP |
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| Career | 1.176 |
| Season Avg. | 1.176 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.176 |
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John Smoltz WHIP Per Season
John Smoltz'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.
John Smoltz WHIP by Team
John Smoltz's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Smoltz WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how John Smoltz'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.
John Smoltz WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes John Smoltz'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.
John Smoltz WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of John Smoltz'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.
