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 the 2020 season
Rank Player WHIP
1 Addie Joss * 0.9678
2 Ed Walsh * 0.9996
3 Mariano Rivera * 1.0003
4 Clayton Kershaw 1.0034
5 Chris Sale 1.0346
6 John Montgomery Ward * 1.0438
7 Jacob deGrom 1.0473
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 1.1004
24 Juan Marichal * 1.1012
25 Dick Hall 1.1019
Rube Waddell * 1.1019
27 Kyle Hendricks 1.1047
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
36 Charlie Ferguson 1.1171
36 Terry Larkin 1.1172
37 Madison Bumgarner 1.1178
38 Eddie Plank * 1.1189
39 Gerrit Cole 1.1191
40 Doc White 1.1207
41 Tom Seaver * 1.1208
42 Grover Cleveland Alexander * 1.1212
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 Bret Saberhagen 1.1406
60 Nick Altrock 1.1407
61 Sam Leever 1.1411
62 Ferguson Jenkins * 1.1418
63 Don Sutton * 1.1425
64 Greg Maddux * 1.1431
Ed Reulbach 1.1431
66 Andy Messersmith 1.1433
67 Sid Fernandez 1.1443
68 Jeff Tesreau 1.1447
69 Gary Nolan 1.1453
70 Joe Benz 1.1466
Jim Whitney 1.1466
72 Don Drysdale * 1.1477
73 Charles Radbourn 1.1492
74 Barney Pelty 1.1504
75 Jack Chesbro * 1.1520
76 Tiny Bonham 1.1528
77 David Price 1.1529
78 Fred Goldsmith 1.1530
79 Russ Ford 1.1537
80 Eddie Cicotte 1.1544
81 Rollie Fingers * 1.1556
82 Bob Caruthers 1.1578
83 Dick Rudolph 1.1581
84 Zack Greinke 1.1582
85 Babe Ruth * 1.1586
86 Harry Coveleski 1.1587
87 Yu Darvish 1.1597
88 Dennis Eckersley * 1.1608
89 Orval Overall 1.1613
90 Denny McLain 1.1633
91 Jumbo McGinnis 1.1636
92 George Winter 1.1649
93 Frank Smith 1.1658
94 Carl Hubbell * 1.1659
95 Guy Hecker 1.1676
96 Jake Weimer 1.1679
97 Robin Roberts * 1.1696
98 Slim Sallee 1.1702
99 Randy Johnson * 1.1711
100 Hiroki Kuroda 1.1721

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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