How Happy Townsend's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Happy Townsend 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 1905, posting 1.26, near the starting pitcher average of 1.2 that year. The highest point came in 1903 at 1.52, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.24 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.44 in 1904 to 1.26 in 1905 and 1.33 in 1906. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent WHIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.
Happy Townsend Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Happy Townsend
| Happy Townsend
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.38 |
| Season Avg. | 1.38 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.38 |
| More Info | See More |
Happy Townsend WHIP Per Season
Happy Townsend'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.
Happy Townsend WHIP by Team
Happy Townsend's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Happy Townsend WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Happy Townsend'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.
Happy Townsend WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Happy Townsend'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.
Happy Townsend WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Happy Townsend'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.
