How Matt Young's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Matt Young posted a career WHIP of 1.49, above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest WHIP season came in 1983, posting 1.26, near the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The highest point came in 1989 at 1.96, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.32 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.64 in 1991 to 1.57 in 1992 and 1.78 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 10 seasons.

Matt Young Lifetime WHIP

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Matt Young
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Career1.49
Season Avg.1.49
162 Game Avg.1.49
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Matt Young WHIP Per Season

Matt Young'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.
Matt Young WHIP per season line chart

Matt Young WHIP by Team

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

Matt Young WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Young'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.
Matt Young WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Matt Young WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Matt Young'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.
Matt Young WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Matt Young WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Matt Young'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.
Matt Young WHIP season-by-season breakdown table