List of Major League Baseball career WHIP leaders

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Addie Joss, the all-time leader in career WHIP.

In baseball statistics, walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) is a sabermetric measurement of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched. WHIP reflects a pitcher's propensity for allowing batters to reach base, therefore a lower WHIP indicates better performance. WHIP is calculated by adding the number of walks and hits allowed and dividing this sum by the number of innings pitched.

Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers in Walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) with at least 1,000 innings pitched.

Addie Joss[1][2][3] is the all-time leader with a career WHIP of 0.9678. Ed Walsh[4] (0.9996) is the only other player with a career WHIP under 1.0000.

Key[]

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career WHIP. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player Name of player.
WHIP Total career WHIP.
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List[]

Clayton Kershaw, the active leader and 4th all-time in career WHIP.
  • Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank Player WHIP
1 Addie Joss * 0.9678
2 Ed Walsh * 0.9996
3 Mariano Rivera * 1.0003
4 Clayton Kershaw 1.0042
5 Jacob deGrom 1.0114
6 Chris Sale 1.0423
7 John Montgomery Ward * 1.0438
8 Pedro Martínez * 1.0544
9 Christy Mathewson * 1.0581
10 Trevor Hoffman * 1.0584
11 Walter Johnson * 1.0612
12 Mordecai Brown * 1.0658
13 Charlie Sweeney 1.0673
14 Reb Russell 1.0800
15 Max Scherzer 1.0837
16 Jim Devlin 1.0868
17 Smoky Joe Wood 1.0869
18 Jack Pfiester 1.0887
19 George Bradley 1.0901
20 Tommy Bond 1.0908
21 Babe Adams 1.0920
Satchel Paige * 1.0920
23 Stephen Strasburg 1.0926
24 Corey Kluber 1.1000
25 Juan Marichal * 1.1012
26 Dick Hall 1.1019
Rube Waddell * 1.1019
28 Larry Corcoran 1.1048
29 Deacon Phillippe 1.1051
30 Sandy Koufax * 1.1061
31 Fred Glade 1.1066
32 Ed Morris 1.1075
33 Will White 1.1110
34 Gerrit Cole 1.1115
35 Chief Bender * 1.1127
36 Charlie Ferguson 1.1171
37 Terry Larkin 1.1172
38 Eddie Plank * 1.1189
39 Doc White 1.1207
40 Tom Seaver * 1.1208
41 Grover Cleveland Alexander * 1.1212
42 Madison Bumgarner 1.1224
43 Tim Keefe * 1.1230
44 Hoyt Wilhelm * 1.1245
45 Masahiro Tanaka 1.1296
Cy Young * 1.1296
47 Frank Owen 1.1306
48 George McQuillan 1.1311
49 Hooks Wiltse 1.1315
50 Noodles Hahn 1.1319
Rank Player WHIP
51 Johan Santana 1.1320
52 Jim McCormick 1.1322
53 Ray Collins 1.1340
54 Catfish Hunter * 1.1341
55 Justin Verlander 1.1342
56 Lady Baldwin 1.1347
57 Curt Schilling 1.1374
58 Bruce Sutter * 1.1401
59 Kyle Hendricks 1.1406
Bret Saberhagen 1.1406
61 Nick Altrock 1.1407
62 Sam Leever 1.1411
63 Ferguson Jenkins * 1.1418
64 Don Sutton * 1.1425
65 Greg Maddux * 1.1431
Ed Reulbach 1.1431
67 Andy Messersmith 1.1433
68 Sid Fernandez 1.1443
69 Jeff Tesreau 1.1447
70 Gary Nolan 1.1453
71 Joe Benz 1.1466
Jim Whitney 1.1466
73 Don Drysdale * 1.1477
74 Charles Radbourn * 1.1492
75 Barney Pelty 1.1504
76 Yu Darvish 1.1513
77 Jack Chesbro * 1.1520
78 Tiny Bonham 1.1528
79 Fred Goldsmith 1.1530
80 Russ Ford 1.1537
81 Eddie Cicotte 1.1544
82 Rollie Fingers * 1.1556
83 Bullet Rogan * 1.1567
84 Bob Caruthers 1.1578
85 Aaron Nola 1.1580
86 Dick Rudolph 1.1581
87 Babe Ruth * 1.1586
88 Harry Coveleski 1.1587
89 Zack Greinke 1.1588
90 Dennis Eckersley * 1.1608
91 David Price 1.1624
92 Orval Overall 1.1613
93 Denny McLain 1.1633
94 Jumbo McGinnis 1.1636
95 George Winter 1.1649
96 Frank Smith 1.1658
97 Carl Hubbell * 1.1659
98 Guy Hecker 1.1676
99 Jake Weimer 1.1679
100 Robin Roberts * 1.1696

Notes[]

  1. ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References[]

  1. ^ "Addie Joss Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Semchuck, Alex. "Addie Joss Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Addie Joss Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ed Walsh Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

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