6 pitchers were tied for the lowest WHIP by a relief pitcher in 1997, with a WHIP of 0.00. The first three are Chris Holt, Jon Lieber and Paul Menhart.

	NAME	WHIP	SEASON	TM	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	H/9
1	Chris Holt C. Holt	0.00	1997	HOU	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	100.0	0.0		0.00	0.00
2	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	0.00	1997	PIT	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	16.7	0.0	.000	0.00	0.00
3	Paul Menhart P. Menhart	0.00	1997	SDP	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Chris Brock C. Brock	0.00	1997	ATL	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Mike Benjamin M. Benjamin	0.00	1997	BOS	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	.000	0.00	0.00
6	Scott Erickson S. Erickson	0.00	1997	BAL	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	50.0	0.0	.000	0.00	0.00
7	Joey Hamilton J. Hamilton	0.40	1997	SDP	2	1	0	1.000	0	1.80	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	18	0	5.40	0.00		0.00	16.7	0.0	.133	3.60	3.60
8	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	0.46	1997	LAD	3	0	0		0	2.08	4	0	0	0	4.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	14	0	8.31	0.00		2.08	28.6	0.0	.111	2.08	4.15
9	Sterling Hitchcock S. Hitchcock	0.50	1997	SDP	4	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	14.3	0.0	.200	0.00	4.50
10	Rick Reed R. Reed	0.53	1997	NYM	2	0	0		0	0.00	7	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	11.12	0.00		0.00	36.8	0.0	.250	0.00	4.76
11	Ken Robinson K. Robinson	0.60	1997	TOR	3	0	0		0	2.70	4	0	0	0	3.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	11	0	10.80	2.70	4.00	2.70	36.4	9.1	.000	2.70	2.70
12	Elmer Dessens E. Dessens	0.60	1997	PIT	3	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	0	5.40	0.00		0.00	15.4	0.0	.200	0.00	5.40
13	Carlos Almanzar C. Almanzar	0.60	1997	TOR	4	0	1	.000	0	2.70	4	0	0	0	3.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	12	0	10.80	2.70	4.00	2.70	33.3	8.3	.000	2.70	2.70
14	Robinson Checo R. Checo	0.67	1997	BOS	3	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	0	6.00	3.00	2.00	0.00	18.2	9.1	.125	0.00	3.00
15	Matt Perisho M. Perisho	0.75	1997	ANA	3	0	0		0	0.00	4	0	0	0	6.2	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	27	0	5.40	1.35	4.00	0.00	14.8	3.7	.190	1.35	5.40
16	Bob Wolcott B. Wolcott	0.75	1997	SEA	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	6.75	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	.250	0.00	6.75
17	Rocky Coppinger R. Coppinger	0.75	1997	BAL	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0	2.25	0.00		0.00	6.7	0.0	.214	0.00	6.75
18	Scott Aldred S. Aldred	0.75	1997	MIN	2	0	0		0	3.38	2	0	0	0	5.1	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	19	0	3.38	0.00		0.00	10.5	0.0	.250	3.38	6.75
19	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	0.75	1997	LAD	2	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	0	6.75	0.00		0.00	21.4	0.0	.273	0.00	6.75
20	Miguel Batista M. Batista	0.78	1997	CHC	5	0	0		0	0.00	5	0	0	0	7.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	28	1	5.87	2.35	2.50	0.00	17.9	7.1	.190	0.00	4.70
21	Jose Cabrera J. Cabrera	0.78	1997	HOU	12	0	0		0	1.17	18	0	0	0	15.1	6	2	2	1	6	0	6	0	57	0	10.57	3.52	3.00	0.59	31.6	10.5	.156	1.17	3.52
22	Willie Banks W. Banks	0.82	1997	NYY	4	2	0	1.000	0	1.23	5	0	0	0	7.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	28	0	6.14	2.45	2.50	0.00	17.9	7.1	.190	1.23	4.91
23	Glenn Dishman G. Dishman	0.83	1997	DET	3	0	1	.000	0	5.59	6	0	0	0	9.2	7	6	6	2	1	0	1	0	36	0	5.59	0.93	6.00	1.86	16.7	2.8	.185	5.59	6.52
24	Rafael Carmona R. Carmona	0.88	1997	SEA	4	0	0		0	3.18	6	0	0	0	5.2	3	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	22	1	9.53	3.18	3.00	1.59	27.3	9.1	.154	4.76	4.76
25	Doug Jones D. Jones	0.88	1997	MIL	75	6	6	.500	0	2.02	82	0	0	36	80.1	62	18	20	4	9	3	73	1	307	2	9.19	1.01	9.11	0.45	26.7	2.9	.278	2.24	6.95

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