Between the 1996 and 2001 seasons, Pedro Martinez had the lowest WHIP, with a WHIP of 0.97.

Interpreted as:

best career whip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player from 1996 to 2001

	NAME	WHIP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	0.97	175	97	38	.719	173	2.45	1,538	33	12	0	1238.2	907	337	380	92	298	49	1	12	4,907	29	11.17	2.17	5.16	0.67	31.3	6.1	.278	2.76	54	2.44	56	6.59	277.1
2	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1.06	189	92	45	.672	187	2.53	1,162	29	10	0	1325.1	1,111	372	430	74	292	58	0	17	5,318	34	7.89	1.98	3.98	0.50	21.9	5.5	.278	2.92	61	2.89	66	7.54	219.5
3	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1.06	28	14	3	.824	20	2.73	144	3	1	0	141.2	126	43	48	13	24	6	4	2	575	0	9.15	1.52	6.00	0.83	25.0	4.2	.291	3.05	60	2.84	64	8.00	25.1
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.07	204	107	53	.669	204	2.78	1,052	32	14	0	1430.1	1,329	442	498	88	199	37	0	57	5,737	12	6.62	1.25	5.29	0.55	18.3	3.5	.285	3.13	64	2.94	67	8.36	233.1
5	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	1.07	292	17	20	.459	8	3.44	400	0	0	89	413.0	334	158	163	45	108	21	181	12	1,676	7	8.72	2.35	3.70	0.98	23.9	6.4	.262	3.55	76	3.52	76	7.28	51.7
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1.08	183	101	37	.732	175	2.69	1,788	38	15	1	1288.2	988	385	438	123	405	59	3	9	5,194	31	12.49	2.83	4.41	0.86	34.4	7.8	.307	3.06	58	2.65	58	6.90	276.2
7	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1.10	161	70	34	.673	130	3.03	903	16	7	10	922.2	799	311	342	71	212	13	20	18	3,703	25	8.81	2.07	4.26	0.69	24.4	5.7	.291	3.34	71	2.90	67	7.79	147.9
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1.10	184	89	59	.601	184	3.26	1,414	52	10	0	1353.2	1,193	491	516	153	297	21	0	15	5,448	34	9.40	1.97	4.76	1.02	26.0	5.5	.292	3.43	74	3.20	72	7.93	181.1
9	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	1.14	60	20	9	.690	35	3.47	163	4	2	0	272.2	243	105	116	29	67	11	6	3	1,110	1	5.38	2.21	2.43	0.96	14.7	6.0	.255	3.83	75	4.10	89	8.02	16
10	Rick Reed R. Reed	1.18	152	63	42	.600	150	3.76	633	8	3	0	956.1	960	400	425	128	172	22	0	14	3,908	7	5.96	1.62	3.68	1.20	16.2	4.4	.282	4.00	89	4.13	96	9.03	19.2
11	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1.19	197	93	62	.600	197	3.68	1,193	26	8	0	1344.0	1,295	549	589	144	304	18	0	8	5,517	29	7.99	2.04	3.92	0.96	21.6	5.5	.298	3.94	79	3.45	74	8.67	183.2
12	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1.20	62	26	17	.605	62	3.90	205	0	0	0	335.0	352	145	156	41	50	11	0	1	1,389	6	5.51	1.34	4.10	1.10	14.8	3.6	.287	4.19	82	4.04	90	9.46	18.4
13	Barry Zito B. Zito	1.21	49	24	12	.667	49	3.25	283	4	3	0	307.0	248	111	122	24	125	15	0	2	1,278	8	8.30	3.66	2.26	0.70	22.1	9.8	.270	3.58	73	3.61	80	7.27	31.5
14	Scott Sullivan S. Sullivan	1.22	370	25	19	.568	0	3.61	441	0	0	8	530.2	453	213	229	60	192	42	86	32	2,223	25	7.48	3.26	2.30	1.02	19.8	8.6	.264	3.88	81	4.24	93	7.68	18.9
15	Bud Smith B. Smith	1.22	16	6	3	.667	14	3.83	59	1	1	0	84.2	79	36	40	12	24	1	1	5	351	0	6.27	2.55	2.46	1.28	16.8	6.8	.263	4.25	90	4.38	100	8.40	0.2
16	Brian Lawrence B. Lawrence	1.23	27	5	5	.500	15	3.45	84	1	0	0	114.2	107	44	53	10	34	5	5	5	484	1	6.59	2.67	2.47	0.78	17.4	7.0	.276	4.16	85	3.73	88	8.40	6.3
17	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	1.23	133	57	38	.600	126	3.86	662	5	1	0	787.1	732	338	373	89	238	13	3	14	3,299	21	7.57	2.72	2.78	1.02	20.1	7.2	.280	4.26	88	3.86	86	8.37	53.7
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.23	196	98	47	.676	196	3.28	1,384	22	9	0	1353.2	1,163	493	540	104	508	47	0	4	5,655	42	9.20	3.38	2.72	0.69	24.5	9.0	.293	3.59	70	3.30	71	7.73	203.3
19	Alex Fernandez A. Fernandez	1.24	99	44	34	.564	99	3.54	501	12	2	0	672.0	635	264	288	76	198	15	0	8	2,787	16	6.71	2.65	2.53	1.02	18.0	7.1	.280	3.86	80	4.06	90	8.50	33.9
20	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	1.25	189	92	41	.692	176	3.95	704	11	3	0	1175.1	1,193	516	562	136	276	41	1	16	4,938	17	5.39	2.11	2.55	1.04	14.3	5.6	.280	4.30	85	4.23	91	9.14	51.9
21	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	1.25	100	45	33	.577	99	4.13	506	8	2	0	645.2	576	296	316	88	232	25	0	6	2,718	10	7.05	3.23	2.18	1.23	18.6	8.5	.261	4.40	89	4.51	96	8.03	12.7
22	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	1.26	213	70	61	.534	175	4.15	918	17	3	2	1188.0	1,231	548	606	154	260	25	7	27	5,010	11	6.95	1.97	3.53	1.17	18.3	5.2	.295	4.59	95	3.97	89	9.33	63.3
23	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	1.26	88	49	17	.742	88	3.61	482	6	2	0	573.2	506	230	256	52	215	17	0	12	2,407	22	7.56	3.37	2.24	0.82	20.0	8.9	.277	4.02	78	3.80	82	7.94	53.1
24	Doug Jones D. Jones	1.26	320	26	21	.553	0	3.63	330	0	0	64	407.0	425	164	174	44	88	15	193	18	1,710	6	7.30	1.95	3.75	0.97	19.3	5.1	.309	3.85	79	3.67	80	9.40	43.3
25	Brad Radke B. Radke	1.26	202	82	81	.503	202	4.13	867	26	5	0	1356.2	1,442	622	669	170	269	32	0	5	5,673	18	5.75	1.78	3.22	1.13	15.3	4.7	.293	4.44	85	4.13	89	9.57	75.3