David Palmer WHIP in 1989
2.081989 Regular Season
David Palmer posted a 2.08 WHIP in the 1989 regular season.
- David Palmer's highest WHIP of the 10 seasons on file; the best is 1.14 in 1978.
- Up 0.71 from 1.37 in 1988.
Best of 10 regular seasons, 1978 through 1989. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 |  WSH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.79 | 9.2 | 7 | 2 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1979 | WSH | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2.64 | 122.2 | 72 | 30 | 1.14 | 2 |
| 1980 | WSH | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2.98 | 129.2 | 73 | 30 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 1982 | WSH | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3.18 | 73.2 | 46 | 36 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1984 | WSH | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3.84 | 105.1 | 66 | 44 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1985 | WSH | 24 | 7 | 10 | 3.71 | 135.2 | 106 | 67 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 1986 |  ATL | 35 | 11 | 10 | 3.65 | 209.2 | 170 | 102 | 1.35 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATL | 28 | 8 | 11 | 4.90 | 152.1 | 111 | 64 | 1.53 | 0 |
| 1988 |  PHI | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4.47 | 129.0 | 85 | 48 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 1989 |  DET | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7.79 | 17.1 | 12 | 11 | 2.08 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV