Scott Nielsen career WHIP
1.61Career Regular Season
Scott Nielsen has a career WHIP of 1.61 over 4 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.39 in 1986.
- Most recent: 4.50 in 1989.
Lowest of 4 regular seasons, 1986 through 1989. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  NYY | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4.02 | 56.0 | 20 | 12 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1987 |  CHW | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6.24 | 66.1 | 23 | 25 | 1.63 | 2 |
| 1988 | NYY | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6.86 | 19.2 | 4 | 13 | 2.03 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYY | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV