Vern Ruhle career WHIP
1.30Career Regular Season
Vern Ruhle has a career WHIP of 1.30 over 13 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.09 in 1979.
- Most recent: 1.11 in 1986.
Average of 13 regular seasons, 1974 through 1986. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 |  DET | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 | 33.0 | 10 | 6 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1975 | DET | 32 | 11 | 12 | 4.03 | 190.0 | 67 | 65 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1976 | DET | 32 | 9 | 12 | 3.92 | 199.2 | 88 | 59 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1977 | DET | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5.70 | 66.1 | 27 | 15 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 1978 |  HOU | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2.12 | 68.0 | 27 | 20 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1979 | HOU | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4.07 | 66.1 | 33 | 8 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 1980 | HOU | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2.37 | 159.1 | 55 | 29 | 1.11 | 0 |
| 1981 | HOU | 20 | 4 | 6 | 2.91 | 102.0 | 39 | 20 | 1.15 | 1 |
| 1982 | HOU | 31 | 9 | 13 | 3.93 | 149.0 | 56 | 24 | 1.30 | 1 |
| 1983 | HOU | 41 | 8 | 5 | 3.69 | 114.2 | 43 | 36 | 1.25 | 3 |
| 1984 | HOU | 40 | 1 | 9 | 4.58 | 90.1 | 60 | 29 | 1.56 | 2 |
| 1985 |  CLE | 42 | 2 | 10 | 4.32 | 125.0 | 54 | 30 | 1.35 | 3 |
| 1986 |  LAA | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4.15 | 47.2 | 23 | 7 | 1.11 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV