Dock Ellis career WHIP
1.29Career Regular Season
Dock Ellis has a career WHIP of 1.29 over 12 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.15 in 1968.
- Most recent: 1.69 in 1979.
Average of 12 regular seasons, 1968 through 1979. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  PIT | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2.51 | 104.0 | 52 | 38 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1969 | PIT | 35 | 11 | 17 | 3.58 | 218.2 | 173 | 76 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1970 | PIT | 30 | 13 | 10 | 3.21 | 201.2 | 128 | 87 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1971 | PIT | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3.06 | 226.2 | 137 | 63 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 1972 | PIT | 25 | 15 | 7 | 2.70 | 163.1 | 96 | 33 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1973 | PIT | 28 | 12 | 14 | 3.05 | 192.0 | 122 | 55 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1974 | PIT | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3.16 | 176.2 | 91 | 41 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1975 | PIT | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3.79 | 140.0 | 69 | 43 | 1.47 | 0 |
| 1976 |  NYY | 32 | 17 | 8 | 3.19 | 211.2 | 65 | 76 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1977 |  NYY/ATH/TEX | 33 | 12 | 12 | 3.63 | 213.0 | 106 | 64 | 1.29 | 1 |
| 1978 | TEX | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4.20 | 141.1 | 45 | 46 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1979 | TEX/NYM/PIT | 30 | 4 | 12 | 5.84 | 138.2 | 52 | 52 | 1.69 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV