best career whip in live ball era

Since 1920, Paul Skenes has the lowest WHIP, with a WHIP of 0.94.

Interpreted as:
best career whip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player in live ball era
NAMEWHIPGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%BABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
0.94
70
27
19
.587
70
2.15
485
1
0
0
402.2
290
96
108
29
90
16
0
0
1,573
5
10.84
2.01
5.39
0.65
30.8
5.7
.274
2.41
50
2.45
59
6.48
74.6
2Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
0.95
29
13
5
.722
28
2.65
218
1
1
0
153.0
93
45
50
12
53
10
0
0
602
4
12.82
3.12
4.11
0.71
36.2
8.8
.262
2.94
64
2.51
61
5.47
27.9
3Dick Hughes
D. Hughes
0.97
68
20
9
.690
34
2.79
230
13
4
8
307.0
221
95
101
29
76
7
17
12
1,205
8
6.74
2.23
3.03
0.85
19.1
6.3
.222
2.96
86
3.05
97
6.48
3.4
4Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
0.98
61
26
14
.650
61
2.63
386
0
0
0
349.1
248
102
110
31
96
7
0
0
1,375
9
9.94
2.47
4.02
0.80
28.1
7.0
.254
2.83
64
2.95
70
6.39
49
5Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
0.99
262
101
69
.594
262
2.60
1,940
4
2
0
1616.1
1,234
467
504
159
360
25
0
14
6,350
32
10.80
2.00
5.39
0.89
30.6
5.7
.278
2.81
66
2.74
67
6.87
244.5
6Bryan Woo
B. Woo
0.99
84
31
20
.608
84
3.39
471
0
0
0
477.2
378
180
190
62
95
17
0
2
1,903
5
8.87
1.79
4.96
1.17
24.8
5.0
.251
3.58
87
3.57
89
7.12
23.4
7Spencer Schwellenbach
S. Schwellenbach
1.01
38
15
11
.577
38
3.23
235
1
0
0
234.1
195
84
93
27
41
8
0
2
934
5
9.03
1.57
5.73
1.04
25.2
4.4
.270
3.57
77
3.26
81
7.49
19.6
8Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1.02
455
223
96
.699
451
2.53
3,052
25
15
0
2855.1
2,193
804
881
235
713
46
1
28
11,279
108
9.62
2.25
4.28
0.74
27.1
6.3
.271
2.78
65
2.85
70
6.91
375.7
9Shota Imanaga
S. Imanaga
1.02
69
28
17
.622
69
3.49
375
0
0
0
404.2
336
157
170
75
76
7
0
0
1,610
7
8.34
1.69
4.93
1.67
23.3
4.7
.242
3.78
85
4.30
107
7.47
-13.2
10Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
1.02
145
57
40
.588
142
3.06
938
1
1
0
814.2
654
277
304
93
179
28
1
0
3,243
11
10.36
1.98
5.24
1.03
28.9
5.5
.280
3.36
74
3.09
74
7.23
94.7
11Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
1.03
148
55
29
.655
133
3.12
896
2
1
1
775.0
604
269
282
88
197
33
4
2
3,105
8
10.41
2.29
4.55
1.02
28.9
6.3
.273
3.27
74
3.21
76
7.01
89.4
12Drew Rasmussen
D. Rasmussen
1.04
144
36
20
.643
95
2.85
512
0
0
2
540.2
429
171
183
50
132
11
17
3
2,148
22
8.52
2.20
3.88
0.83
23.8
6.1
.263
3.05
71
3.24
79
7.14
52.3
13Chris Sale
C. Sale
1.05
406
153
93
.622
325
2.98
2,671
16
3
12
2162.1
1,754
717
772
219
507
138
25
15
8,708
48
11.12
2.11
5.27
0.91
30.7
5.8
.297
3.21
70
2.87
69
7.30
314.6
14Cam Schlittler
C. Schlittler
1.05
29
11
6
.647
29
2.33
180
0
0
0
162.0
121
42
45
13
49
6
0
0
650
3
10.00
2.72
3.67
0.72
27.7
7.5
.269
2.50
57
2.95
69
6.72
23.5
15Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
1.05
476
219
100
.687
409
2.93
3,154
46
17
3
2827.1
2,221
919
1,006
239
760
141
23
30
11,394
62
10.04
2.42
4.15
0.76
27.7
6.7
.279
3.20
66
2.91
68
7.07
454.6
16Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
1.05
76
38
17
.691
76
2.58
589
0
0
0
471.1
357
135
150
31
140
13
0
12
1,888
16
11.25
2.67
4.21
0.59
31.2
7.4
.292
2.86
68
2.43
64
6.82
73
17Logan Gilbert
L. Gilbert
1.06
161
51
40
.560
161
3.56
976
2
1
0
922.0
772
365
385
124
201
30
0
6
3,723
43
9.53
1.96
4.86
1.21
26.2
5.4
.271
3.76
91
3.54
89
7.54
46.6
18Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
1.06
130
50
39
.562
129
3.72
811
1
1
0
723.2
600
299
317
109
164
38
0
0
2,935
10
10.09
2.04
4.95
1.36
27.6
5.6
.271
3.94
90
3.71
90
7.46
33.9
19Spencer Miles
S. Miles
1.06
20
3
1
.750
2
3.30
44
0
0
0
46.1
34
17
19
4
15
0
5
0
187
1
8.55
2.91
2.93
0.78
23.5
8.0
.242
3.69
79
3.28
77
6.60
4.9
20John Fulgham
J. Fulgham
1.07
35
14
12
.538
33
2.84
123
14
3
0
231.1
189
73
80
17
58
4
0
4
914
3
4.79
2.26
2.12
0.66
13.5
6.3
.242
3.11
77
3.42
95
7.35
4.6
21Cade Horton
C. Horton
1.07
25
12
4
.750
24
2.66
101
0
0
0
125.1
99
37
42
11
35
6
0
0
502
1
7.25
2.51
2.89
0.79
20.1
7.0
.252
3.02
64
3.64
90
7.11
5.8
22Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
1.07
210
63
38
.624
149
3.15
1,114
0
0
2
968.0
756
339
374
104
280
38
16
3
3,914
42
10.36
2.60
3.98
0.97
28.5
7.2
.274
3.48
75
3.25
78
7.03
101.5
23Nolan McLean
N. McLean
1.07
23
9
5
.643
23
3.08
154
0
0
0
131.1
93
45
53
12
48
11
0
0
532
4
10.55
3.29
3.21
0.82
28.9
9.0
.264
3.63
77
3.29
80
6.37
12
24Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
1.09
322
155
81
.657
322
3.17
2,275
8
5
0
1982.0
1,647
698
748
221
508
62
0
7
7,973
58
10.33
2.31
4.48
1.00
28.5
6.4
.291
3.40
79
3.17
77
7.48
213.4
25Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
1.09
489
221
121
.646
480
3.27
3,503
12
5
0
2985.0
2,460
1,084
1,157
363
790
115
2
20
12,089
80
10.56
2.38
4.43
1.09
29.0
6.5
.287
3.49
79
3.27
79
7.42
291.8

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8.0
38
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.479
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38
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38
36
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31
43
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47
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41
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.577
3.5
36
38
.486
10.0
35
40
.467
11.5
29
42
.408
15.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
38
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.528
39
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.527
35
40
.467
4.5
30
44
.405
9.0
30
45
.400
9.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
38
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.507
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.479
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