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.

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

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 is the all-time leader with a career WHIP of 0.9678. Ed Walsh (0.9996) is the only other player with a career WHIP under 1.0000.

Key

RankRank amongst leaders in career WHIP. A blank field indicates a tie.
PlayerName of player.
WHIPTotal 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 August 14, 2020
Rank Player WHIP
1 Addie Joss * 0.9678
2 Ed Walsh * 0.9996
3 Mariano Rivera * 1.0003
4 Clayton Kershaw 1.0063
5 Chris Sale 1.0346
6 John Montgomery Ward * 1.0438
7 Jacob deGrom 1.0510
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 Corey Kluber 1.0859
16 Jim Devlin 1.0868
17 Smoky Joe Wood 1.0869
18 Stephen Strasburg 1.0882
19 Jack Pfiester 1.0887
20 George Bradley 1.0901
21 Tommy Bond 1.0908
22 Babe Adams 1.0920
23 Max Scherzer 1.0941
24 Juan Marichal * 1.1012
25 Dick Hall 1.1019
Rube Waddell * 1.1019
27 Larry Corcoran 1.1048
28 Deacon Phillippe 1.1051
29 Sandy Koufax * 1.1061
30 Fred Glade 1.1066
31 Ed Morris 1.1075
32 Will White 1.1110
33 Chief Bender * 1.1127
34 Madison Bumgarner 1.1147
35 Charlie Ferguson 1.1171
36 Terry Larkin 1.1172
37 Eddie Plank * 1.1189
38 Doc White 1.1207
39 Tom Seaver * 1.1208
40 Grover Cleveland Alexander * 1.1212
41 Gerrit Cole 1.1222
42 Tim Keefe * 1.1230
43 Hoyt Wilhelm * 1.1245
44 Masahiro Tanaka 1.1277
45 Cy Young * 1.1296
46 Frank Owen 1.1306
47 George McQuillan 1.1311
48 Hooks Wiltse 1.1315
49 Noodles Hahn 1.1319
50 Johan Santana 1.1320
Rank Player WHIP
51 Jim McCormick 1.1322
52 Ray Collins 1.1340
53 Catfish Hunter * 1.1341
54 Justin Verlander 1.1342
55 Lady Baldwin 1.1347
56 Curt Schilling 1.1374
57 Bruce Sutter * 1.1401
58 Bret Saberhagen 1.1406
59 Nick Altrock 1.1407
60 Sam Leever 1.1411
61 Ferguson Jenkins * 1.1418
62 Don Sutton * 1.1425
63 Greg Maddux * 1.1431
Ed Reulbach 1.1431
65 Andy Messersmith 1.1433
66 Sid Fernandez 1.1443
67 Jeff Tesreau 1.1447
68 Gary Nolan 1.1453
69 Joe Benz 1.1466
Jim Whitney 1.1466
71 Don Drysdale * 1.1477
72 Charles Radbourn 1.1492
73 Barney Pelty 1.1504
74 Jack Chesbro * 1.1520
75 Tiny Bonham 1.1528
76 David Price 1.1529
77 Fred Goldsmith 1.1530
78 Russ Ford 1.1537
79 Eddie Cicotte 1.1544
80 Rollie Fingers * 1.1556
81 Bob Caruthers 1.1578
82 Dick Rudolph 1.1581
83 Zack Greinke 1.1582
84 Babe Ruth * 1.1586
85 Harry Coveleski 1.1587
86 Dennis Eckersley * 1.1608
87 Orval Overall 1.1613
88 Denny McLain 1.1633
89 Jumbo McGinnis 1.1636
90 Yu Darvish 1.1647
91 George Winter 1.1649
92 Frank Smith 1.1658
93 Carl Hubbell * 1.1659
94 Guy Hecker 1.1676
95 Jake Weimer 1.1679
96 Robin Roberts * 1.1696
97 Slim Sallee 1.1702
98 Randy Johnson * 1.1711
99 Hiroki Kuroda 1.1721
100 Roy Patterson 1.1722

Notes

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

References

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