How Cotton Williams's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Cotton Williams posted a career WHIP of 1.44, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1943, posting .889. The highest point came in 1946 at 2.03. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.03 in 1946 to 1.27 in 1947 and 1.57 in 1948. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .889 to 2.03 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Cotton Williams Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Cotton Williams
Cotton Williams
WHIP
Career1.439
Season Avg.1.439
162 Game Avg.1.439
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Cotton Williams WHIP Per Season

Cotton 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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cotton Williams WHIP per season line chart

Cotton Williams WHIP by Team

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

Cotton Williams WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Cotton 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.
Cotton Williams WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Cotton Williams WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cotton 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.
Cotton Williams WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cotton Williams WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cotton 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.
Cotton Williams WHIP season-by-season breakdown table