best whip for a single season of a rookie starting pitcher with a minimum of 100 innings pitched

Elmer Steele has the lowest WHIP by a rookie starting pitcher with 100.0+ innings pitched, with a WHIP of 0.85 in 1908.

NAMEWHIPIPSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%BABIPRAH/9
1Elmer Steele
E. Steele
0.85
101.2
1908
BOS BOS
13
4
7
.364
13
35
9
1
0
74
28
1
12
2
0
381
0
3.10
1.06
2.92
0.09
9.2
3.1
.221
2.48
6.55
2Russ Ford
R. Ford
0.90
287.0
1910
NYH NYH
33
26
6
.813
33
206
29
8
0
190
66
4
67
8
0
1,093
5
6.46
2.10
3.07
0.13
18.8
6.1
.230
2.07
5.96
3Bill Burns
B. Burns
0.90
157.0
1908
WSH WSH
19
6
10
.375
19
55
11
2
0
124
45
3
17
4
0
590
0
3.15
0.97
3.24
0.17
9.3
2.9
.237
2.58
7.11
4Harry Krause
H. Krause
0.92
177.2
1909
PHA PHA
21
14
6
.700
21
118
16
7
0
122
35
2
41
11
0
674
2
5.98
2.08
2.88
0.10
17.5
6.1
.239
1.77
6.18
5Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
0.92
136.1
2018
LAD LAD
23
8
4
.667
23
2.31
151
0
0
0
90
35
38
11
36
6
0
1
532
4
9.97
2.38
4.19
0.73
28.4
6.8
.241
2.51
5.94
6Jack Pfiester
J. Pfiester
0.93
239.2
1906
CHC CHC
29
19
8
.704
29
144
20
4
0
167
60
3
57
9
0
921
4
5.41
2.14
2.53
0.11
15.6
6.2
.232
2.25
6.27
7Dick Hughes
D. Hughes
0.94
209.2
1967
STL STL
27
15
6
.714
27
2.58
148
12
3
0
156
60
66
20
41
5
0
5
820
6
6.35
1.76
3.61
0.86
18.0
5.0
.224
2.83
6.70
8Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
0.95
133.0
2024
PIT PIT
23
11
3
.786
23
1.96
170
0
0
0
94
29
31
10
32
6
0
0
514
2
11.50
2.17
5.31
0.68
33.1
6.2
.284
2.10
6.36
9Ed Reulbach
E. Reulbach
0.97
271.2
1905
CHC CHC
29
16
13
.552
29
139
28
5
0
195
68
1
68
18
0
1,049
5
4.60
2.25
2.04
0.03
13.3
6.5
.236
2.25
6.46
10Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
0.97
147.2
1984
LAD LAD
20
9
6
.600
20
2.19
109
8
4
0
112
36
44
5
31
4
0
2
582
6
6.64
1.89
3.52
0.30
18.7
5.3
.247
2.68
6.83
11Otto Hess
O. Hess
0.97
127.2
1904
CLE CLE
16
7
7
.500
16
1.41
60
15
4
0
101
20
36
0
23
5
0
4
4.23
1.62
2.61
0.00
4.8
.257
2.54
7.12
12George McQuillan
G. McQuillan
0.98
349.1
1908
PHN PHN
42
23
17
.575
42
112
32
7
0
256
84
1
85
6
0
1,353
5
2.89
2.19
1.32
0.03
8.3
6.3
.222
2.16
6.60
13Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
0.98
172.2
2013
MIA MIA
28
12
6
.667
28
2.19
187
0
0
0
111
42
47
10
58
5
0
5
681
3
9.75
3.02
3.22
0.52
27.5
8.5
.240
2.45
5.79
14Chris Paddack
C. Paddack
0.98
140.2
2019
SDP SDP
26
9
7
.563
26
3.33
153
0
0
0
107
52
58
23
31
6
0
1
568
1
9.79
1.98
4.94
1.47
26.9
5.5
.237
3.71
6.85
15Cal Eldred
C. Eldred
0.99
100.1
1992
MIL MIL
14
11
2
.846
14
1.79
62
2
1
0
76
20
21
4
23
2
0
0
394
3
5.56
2.06
2.70
0.36
15.7
5.8
.238
1.88
6.82
16Spencer Strider
S. Strider
0.99
107.1
2022
ATL ATL
20
10
4
.714
20
2.77
165
0
0
0
72
33
36
7
34
3
0
1
433
5
13.84
2.85
4.85
0.59
38.1
7.9
.290
3.02
6.04
17Ernie Shore
E. Shore
1.00
125.0
1914
BSA BSA
16
9
5
.643
16
2.16
44
10
1
0
95
30
44
1
30
4
0
499
1
3.17
2.16
1.47
0.07
8.8
6.0
.224
3.17
6.84
18Joe Wood
J. Wood
1.01
147.0
1909
BOS BOS
19
9
7
.563
19
73
13
4
0
106
46
1
42
8
0
581
4
4.47
2.57
1.74
0.06
12.6
7.2
.230
2.82
6.49
19Shota Imanaga
S. Imanaga
1.02
173.1
2024
CHC CHC
29
15
3
.833
29
2.91
174
0
0
0
149
56
66
27
28
3
0
0
694
3
9.03
1.45
6.21
1.40
25.1
4.0
.264
3.43
7.74
20Collin McHugh
C. McHugh
1.02
154.2
2014
HOU HOU
25
11
9
.550
25
2.73
157
0
0
0
117
47
53
13
41
6
0
1
619
6
9.14
2.39
3.83
0.76
25.4
6.6
.259
3.08
6.81
21Hank Robinson
H. Robinson
1.02
123.1
1912
PIT PIT
16
7
6
.538
16
2.41
50
11
0
0
105
33
35
3
21
7
0
487
1
3.65
1.53
2.38
0.22
10.3
4.3
.251
2.55
7.66
22John Fulgham
J. Fulgham
1.03
144.1
1979
STL STL
19
10
6
.625
19
2.56
74
10
2
0
122
41
47
10
26
3
0
3
570
2
4.61
1.62
2.85
0.62
13.0
4.6
.245
2.93
7.61
23Jered Weaver
J. Weaver
1.03
123.0
2006
LAA LAA
19
11
2
.846
19
2.56
105
0
0
0
94
35
36
15
33
3
0
1
490
2
7.68
2.41
3.18
1.10
21.4
6.7
.237
2.63
6.88
24Roy Oswalt
R. Oswalt
1.03
127.2
2001
HOU HOU
20
12
2
.857
20
2.82
130
3
1
0
115
40
44
13
17
5
0
1
516
0
9.16
1.20
7.65
0.92
25.2
3.3
.291
3.10
8.11
25Al Demaree
A. Demaree
1.04
185.0
1913
NYG NYG
25
13
3
.813
25
1.85
67
11
2
0
156
38
53
3
36
4
0
722
1
3.26
1.75
1.86
0.15
9.3
5.0
.250
2.58
7.59
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