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. Jacob deGrom[4] (0.9947) and Ed Walsh[5] (0.9996) are the only other players 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

Jacob deGrom, the active leader and 2nd all-time in career WHIP.
Rank Player WHIP
1 Addie Joss* 0.9678
2 Jacob deGrom 0.9931
3 Ed Walsh* 0.9996
4 Mariano Rivera* 1.0003
5 Clayton Kershaw 1.0042
6 John Montgomery Ward* 1.0438
7 Chris Sale 1.0451
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 Max Scherzer 1.0767
15 Reb Russell 1.0800
16 Gerrit Cole 1.0866
17 Jim Devlin 1.0868
18 Smoky Joe Wood 1.0869
19 Jack Pfiester 1.0887
20 George Bradley 1.0901
20 Tommy Bond 1.0908
22 Babe Adams 1.0920
23 Stephen Strasburg 1.0959
24 Juan Marichal* 1.1012
Satchel Paige* 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 Chief Bender* 1.1127
35 Charlie Ferguson 1.1171
36 Terry Larkin 1.1172
37 Justin Verlander 1.1179
38 Eddie Plank* 1.1189
39 Doc White 1.1207
40 Tom Seaver* 1.1208
41 Grover Cleveland Alexander* 1.1212
42 Tim Keefe* 1.1230
43 Hoyt Wilhelm* 1.1245
44 Aaron Nola 1.1271
45 Corey Kluber 1.1293
46 Masahiro Tanaka 1.1296
Cy Young* 1.1296
48 Frank Owen 1.1306
49 George McQuillan 1.1311
50 Hooks Wiltse 1.1315
Rank Player WHIP
50 Noodles Hahn 1.1319
51 Johan Santana 1.1320
52 Jim McCormick 1.1322
54 Ray Collins 1.1340
55 Catfish Hunter* 1.1341
56 Lady Baldwin 1.1347
57 Curt Schilling 1.1374
58 Bruce Sutter* 1.1401
59 Bret Saberhagen 1.1406
60 Nick Altrock 1.1407
61 Sam Leever 1.1411
62 Yu Darvish 1.1414
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 Jack Chesbro* 1.1520
77 Tiny Bonham 1.1528
78 Fred Goldsmith 1.1530
79 Russ Ford 1.1537
80 Eddie Cicotte 1.1544
81 Madison Bumgarner 1.1546
82 Rollie Fingers* 1.1556
83 Bullet Rogan* 1.1567
84 Bob Caruthers 1.1578
85 Dick Rudolph 1.1581
86 Babe Ruth* 1.1586
87 Harry Coveleski 1.1587
88 Dennis Eckersley* 1.1608
89 Orval Overall 1.1613
90 David Price 1.1625
91 Denny McLain 1.1633
92 Jumbo McGinnis 1.1636
93 George Winter 1.1649
94 Frank Smith 1.1658
95 Carl Hubbell* 1.1659
96 Guy Hecker 1.1676
97 Jake Weimer 1.1679
98 Kyle Hendricks 1.1689
99 Robin Roberts* 1.1696
100 Slim Sallee 1.1702


Notes

  1. ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has 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. ^ "Jacob deGrom Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ed Walsh Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

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