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 the 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 2019 season.
Rank Player WHIP
1 Addie Joss * 0.9678
2 Ed Walsh * 0.9996
3 Mariano Rivera * 1.0003
4 Clayton Kershaw 1.0076
5 Chris Sale 1.0346
6 John Montgomery Ward * 1.0438
7 Jacob deGrom 1.0530
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 Stephen Strasburg 1.0857
16 Corey Kluber 1.0860
17 Jim Devlin 1.0868
18 Smoky Joe Wood 1.0869
19 Jack Pfiester 1.0887
20 George Bradley 1.0901
21 Tommy Bond 1.0908
22 Babe Adams 1.0920
23 Max Scherzer 1.0921
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 Madison Bumgarner 1.1105
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 Masahiro Tanaka 1.1279
44 Gerrit Cole 1.1286
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 * 1.1340
54 Lady Baldwin 1.1347
55 Justin Verlander 1.1351
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 Babe Ruth * 1.1586
84 Harry Coveleski 1.1587
85 Zack Greinke 1.1588
86 Dennis Eckersley * 1.1608
87 Orval Overall 1.1613
88 Denny McLain 1.1633
89 Jumbo McGinnis 1.1636
90 George Winter 1.1649
91 Frank Smith 1.1658
92 Carl Hubbell * 1.1659
93 Guy Hecker 1.1676
94 Jake Weimer 1.1679
95 Robin Roberts * 1.1696
96 Slim Sallee 1.1702
97 Randy Johnson * 1.1711
98 Hiroki Kuroda 1.1721
99 Roy Patterson 1.1722
100 Roger Clemens 1.1725

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

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