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[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
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
Jacob deGrom, the active leader and 2nd all-time in career WHIP.
  • Stats updated as of September 30, 2023.
Rank Player WHIP
1 Addie Joss* 0.9678
2 Jacob deGrom 0.9931
3 Ed Walsh* 0.9996
4 Mariano Rivera* 1.0003
5 John Montgomery Ward* 1.0438
6 Clayton Kershaw 1.0042
7 Chris Sale 1.0474
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 1.1181
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 1.1287
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
51 Noodles Hahn 1.1319
52 Johan Santana 1.1320
53 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 Yu Darvish 1.1395
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 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 Kyle Hendricks 1.1554
83 Rollie Fingers* 1.1556
84 Bullet Rogan* 1.1567
85 Bob Caruthers 1.1578
86 Dick Rudolph 1.1581
87 Babe Ruth* 1.1586
88 Harry Coveleski 1.1587
89 Dennis Eckersley* 1.1608
90 Orval Overall 1.1613
91 David Price 1.1625
92 Denny McLain 1.1633
93 Jumbo McGinnis 1.1636
94 George Winter 1.1649
95 Frank Smith 1.1658
96 Carl Hubbell* 1.1659
97 Guy Hecker 1.1676
98 Jake Weimer 1.1679
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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