Ed Whitson career WHIP
1.31Career Regular Season
Ed Whitson has a career WHIP of 1.31 over 15 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.08 in 1989.
- Most recent: 1.40 in 1991.
Average of 15 regular seasons, 1977 through 1991. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 |  PIT | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 15.2 | 10 | 9 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1978 | PIT | 43 | 5 | 6 | 3.27 | 74.1 | 64 | 37 | 1.39 | 4 |
| 1979 |  PIT/SF | 37 | 7 | 11 | 4.10 | 158.0 | 93 | 75 | 1.43 | 1 |
| 1980 | SF | 34 | 11 | 13 | 3.10 | 211.2 | 90 | 56 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 1981 | SF | 22 | 6 | 9 | 4.02 | 123.0 | 65 | 47 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 1982 |  CLE | 40 | 4 | 2 | 3.26 | 107.2 | 61 | 58 | 1.38 | 2 |
| 1983 |  SD | 31 | 5 | 7 | 4.30 | 144.1 | 81 | 50 | 1.34 | 1 |
| 1984 | SD | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3.24 | 189.0 | 103 | 42 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 1985 |  NYY | 30 | 10 | 8 | 4.88 | 158.2 | 89 | 43 | 1.54 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYY/SD | 31 | 6 | 9 | 6.23 | 112.2 | 73 | 60 | 1.77 | 0 |
| 1987 | SD | 36 | 10 | 13 | 4.73 | 205.2 | 135 | 64 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1988 | SD | 34 | 13 | 11 | 3.77 | 205.1 | 118 | 45 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1989 | SD | 33 | 16 | 11 | 2.66 | 227.0 | 117 | 48 | 1.08 | 0 |
| 1990 | SD | 32 | 14 | 9 | 2.60 | 228.2 | 127 | 47 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1991 | SD | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5.03 | 78.2 | 40 | 17 | 1.40 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV