List of Major League Baseball career WHIP leaders

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Addie Joss, the all-time leader in career WHIP. Addie Joss by Carl Horner 1902.png
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.

Contents

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] (0.9934) and Ed Walsh [5] (0.9996) are the only other players 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.
BoldDenotes active player. [note 1]

List

Jacob deGrom, the active leader in career WHIP and 2nd all-time. Jacob deGrom pitches in the 2nd inning from Nationals vs. Mets at Nationals Park, September 26th, 2020 (All-Pro Reels Photography) (50389894478) (cropped).jpg
Jacob deGrom, the active leader in career WHIP and 2nd all-time.
RankPlayerWHIP
1 Addie Joss*0.9678
2 Jacob deGrom 0.9866
3 Ed Walsh*0.9996
4 Mariano Rivera*1.0003
5 Clayton Kershaw 1.0152
6 John Montgomery Ward*1.0435
7 Chris Sale 1.0484
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 1.0790
15 Reb Russell 1.0800
16 Jim Devlin 1.0868
17 Smoky Joe Wood 1.0869
18 Gerrit Cole 1.0885
19 Jack Pfiester 1.0887
20 George Bradley 1.0901
21 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 Eddie Plank*1.1189
38 Doc White 1.1207
39 Tom Seaver*1.1208
40 Grover Cleveland Alexander*1.1212
41 Tim Keefe*1.1230
42 Hoyt Wilhelm*1.1245
43 Corey Kluber 1.1293
44 Masahiro Tanaka 1.1296
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
RankPlayerWHIP
51 Jim McCormick 1.1322
52 Ray Collins 1.1340
53 Catfish Hunter*1.1341
54 Lady Baldwin 1.1347
55 Justin Verlander 1.1356
56 Zack Wheeler 1.1369
57 Yu Darvish 1.1373
58 Curt Schilling 1.1374
59 Bruce Sutter*1.1401
60 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 Jack Chesbro*1.1520
77 Aaron Nola 1.1524
78 Tiny Bonham 1.1528
79 Fred Goldsmith 1.1530
80 Russ Ford 1.1537
81 Eddie Cicotte 1.1544
Max Fried 1.1544
83 Madison Bumgarner 1.1546
84 Rollie Fingers*1.1556
85 Bullet Rogan*1.1567
86 Bob Caruthers 1.1578
87 Dick Rudolph 1.1581
88 Babe Ruth*1.1586
89 Harry Coveleski 1.1587
90 Dennis Eckersley*1.1608
91 Orval Overall 1.1613
92 David Price 1.1625
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 Joe Musgrove 1.1667
99 Guy Hecker 1.1676
100 Jake Weimer 1.1679

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.