How Fred Talbot's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Fred Talbot posted a career WHIP of 1.38, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1968, posting 1.32, above the starting pitcher average of 1.17 that year. The highest point came in 1963 at 2.0, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.25 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.32 in 1968 to 1.47 in 1969 and 1.8 in 1970. 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 8 seasons.

Fred Talbot Lifetime WHIP

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Fred Talbot
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Career1.38
Season Avg.1.38
162 Game Avg.1.38
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Fred Talbot WHIP Per Season

Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot WHIP per season line chart

Fred Talbot WHIP by Team

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

Fred Talbot WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Fred Talbot WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Fred Talbot WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Fred Talbot'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.
Fred Talbot WHIP season-by-season breakdown table