List of Major League Baseball career WHIP leaders
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. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List[]
- Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank | Player | WHIP |
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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 |
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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[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References[]
- ^ "Addie Joss Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Semchuck, Alex. "Addie Joss Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Addie Joss Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Ed Walsh Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for Walks & Hits per IP". Baseball-Reference.com.
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