How Stephen Tarpley's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Stephen Tarpley posted a career WHIP of 1.86, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the WHIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the WHIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 3 seasons.

Stephen Tarpley Lifetime WHIP

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Stephen Tarpley
WHIP
Career1.858
Season Avg.1.858
162 Game Avg.1.858
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Stephen Tarpley WHIP Per Season

Stephen Tarpley's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Stephen Tarpley WHIP per season line chart

Stephen Tarpley WHIP by Team

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

Stephen Tarpley WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Stephen Tarpley'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.
Stephen Tarpley WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Stephen Tarpley WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Stephen Tarpley'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.
Stephen Tarpley WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Stephen Tarpley WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Stephen Tarpley'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.
Stephen Tarpley WHIP season-by-season breakdown table