How Bill Williams's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Bill Williams posted a career WHIP of 1.31, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 1 season, the WHIP arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the WHIP arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 1 season.

Bill Williams Lifetime WHIP

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Bill Williams
WHIP
Career1.313
Season Avg.1.313
162 Game Avg.1.313
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Bill Williams WHIP Per Season

Bill Williams's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, Unknown, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Williams WHIP per season line chart

Bill Williams WHIP by Team

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

Bill Williams WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Williams'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.
Bill Williams WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Williams WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Williams'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.
Bill Williams WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Williams WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Williams'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.
Bill Williams WHIP season-by-season breakdown table