How Rick Wise's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Rick Wise posted a career WHIP of 1.29, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1976, posting 1.19, near the starting pitcher average of 1.31 that year. The highest point came in 1982 at 1.5, above the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.35 in 1980 to 1.38 in 1981 and 1.5 in 1982. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent WHIP producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 18 seasons.

Rick Wise Lifetime WHIP

Stats similar to WHIP for Rick Wise
Rick Wise
WHIP
Career1.289
Season Avg.1.289
162 Game Avg.1.289
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Rick Wise WHIP Per Season

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

Rick Wise WHIP by Team

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

Rick Wise WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Wise'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.
Rick Wise WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Wise WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Wise'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.
Rick Wise WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Wise WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Wise'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.
Rick Wise WHIP season-by-season breakdown table