How Bill Swift's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Bill Swift posted a career WHIP of 1.37, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1993, posting 1.08, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 1986 at 1.76, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.53 in 1996 to 1.7 in 1997 and 1.62 in 1998. 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 12 seasons.
Bill Swift Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Bill Swift
| Bill Swift
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.372 |
| Season Avg. | 1.372 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.372 |
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Bill Swift WHIP Per Season
Bill Swift'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.
Bill Swift WHIP by Team
Bill Swift's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Swift WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Swift'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.
Bill Swift WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Swift'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.
Bill Swift WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Swift'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.
