How Elmer Steele's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Elmer Steele posted a career WHIP of 1.04, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest WHIP season came in 1908, posting .831, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.13 that year. The highest point came in 1909 at 1.19, near the starting pitcher average of 1.17 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.19 in 1909 to .917 in 1910 and 1.13 in 1911. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 5 seasons.
Elmer Steele Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Elmer Steele
| Elmer Steele
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.041 |
| Season Avg. | 1.041 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.041 |
| More Info | See More |
Elmer Steele WHIP Per Season
Elmer Steele's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Elmer Steele WHIP by Team
Elmer Steele's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Elmer Steele WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Elmer Steele'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.
Elmer Steele WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Elmer Steele'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.
Elmer Steele WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Elmer Steele'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.
