How Matt Thornton's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Matt Thornton posted a career WHIP of 1.28, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 2008, posting .995, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.38 that year. The highest point came in 2004 at 1.68, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.4 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.14 in 2014 to 1.07 in 2015 and 1.65 in 2016. 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 13 seasons.
Matt Thornton Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Matt Thornton
| Matt Thornton
WHIP |
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| Career | 1.275 |
| Season Avg. | 1.275 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.275 |
| More Info | See More |
Matt Thornton WHIP Per Season
Matt Thornton'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.
Matt Thornton WHIP by Team
Matt Thornton's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Matt Thornton WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Thornton'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.
Matt Thornton WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Matt Thornton'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.
Matt Thornton WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Matt Thornton'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.
