How Ed Walsh's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Ed Walsh posted a career WHIP of 1.0, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest WHIP season came in 1910, posting .820, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.23 that year. The highest point came in 1916 at 2.1, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.22 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .963 in 1915 to 2.1 in 1916 and 1.72 in 1917. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .820 to 2.1 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

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Ed Walsh WHIP Per Season

Ed Walsh'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.
Ed Walsh WHIP per season line chart

Ed Walsh WHIP by Team

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

Ed Walsh WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Walsh'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.
Ed Walsh WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Walsh WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Walsh'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.
Ed Walsh WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Walsh WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Walsh'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.
Ed Walsh WHIP season-by-season breakdown table