How Jim Walkup's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Jim Walkup posted a career WHIP of 1.89, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest WHIP season came in 1934, posting 1.32, near the starting pitcher average of 1.43 that year. The highest point came in 1939 at 2.05, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.45 that year, a partial season. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.0 in 1937 to 1.92 in 1938 and 2.05 in 1939. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 6 seasons.

Jim Walkup Lifetime WHIP

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Jim Walkup
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Career1.89
Season Avg.1.89
162 Game Avg.1.89
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Jim Walkup WHIP Per Season

Jim Walkup'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Walkup WHIP per season line chart

Jim Walkup WHIP by Team

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

Jim Walkup WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Walkup'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.
Jim Walkup WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Walkup WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Walkup'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.
Jim Walkup WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Walkup WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Walkup'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.
Jim Walkup WHIP season-by-season breakdown table