best whip with a minimum of 1000 innings pitched as a pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Tom Seaver had the lowest WHIP when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a WHIP of 1.07.

	NAME	WHIP	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.07	2652.1	348	178	101	.638	345	2.61	2,304	147	40	0	2,105	768	843	190	741	28	2	65	10,607	64	7.82	2.51	3.11	0.64	21.7	7.0	.261	2.86	73	2.64	74	7.14	272
2	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1.11	2399.0	329	169	102	.624	327	3.17	1,309	140	30	0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
3	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1.11	2557.1	352	166	110	.601	349	3.07	1,767	117	39	2	2,174	871	975	214	660	45	3	45	10,403	63	6.22	2.32	2.68	0.75	17.0	6.3	.254	3.43	87	3.11	88	7.65	121.3
4	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1.12	2706.2	360	178	130	.578	354	3.38	1,841	184	33	0	2,507	1,015	1,128	301	518	51	5	55	11,009	34	6.12	1.72	3.55	1.00	16.7	4.7	.266	3.75	86	3.29	86	8.34	158.8
5	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1.14	1219.0	640	84	85	.497	29	2.89	973	3	1	209	1,038	391	438	84	353	32	480	74	4,953	25	7.18	2.61	2.76	0.62	19.6	7.1	.272	3.23	84	2.83	79	7.66	100.9
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1.14	2905.0	369	184	133	.580	368	2.92	1,907	197	36	1	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	1	75	11,759	68	5.91	2.35	2.52	0.64	16.2	6.4	.266	3.37	80	3.02	83	7.93	199.6
7	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1.14	2745.0	355	186	103	.644	352	2.58	1,559	175	44	2	2,275	787	883	184	861	26	3	31	11,105	55	5.11	2.82	1.81	0.60	14.0	7.8	.247	2.90	73	3.28	90	7.46	110.6
8	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1.14	1411.1	193	91	66	.580	187	2.93	1,120	85	24	0	1,238	459	507	128	377	47	3	24	5,775	38	7.14	2.40	2.97	0.82	19.4	6.5	.271	3.23	82	3.11	85	7.89	88.7
9	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	1.15	1189.1	178	79	50	.612	178	3.22	639	31	6	0	1,105	425	457	107	262	6	0	35	4,849	17	4.84	1.98	2.44	0.81	13.2	5.4	.260	3.46	90	3.32	95	8.36	19.2
10	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	1.16	1899.0	276	110	86	.561	257	2.93	1,340	86	24	9	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
11	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1.16	2624.2	353	148	128	.536	350	2.88	2,082	145	39	0	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
12	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1.18	1148.1	171	77	50	.606	155	3.12	855	60	13	3	1,008	398	431	119	352	32	8	33	4,760	17	6.70	2.76	2.43	0.93	18.0	7.4	.261	3.38	79	3.51	88	7.90	61.2
13	Don Wilson D. Wilson	1.19	1124.2	167	64	55	.538	153	3.01	707	49	13	2	936	376	425	83	403	27	7	17	4,663	42	5.66	3.22	1.75	0.66	15.2	8.6	.248	3.40	85	3.36	97	7.49	10.2
14	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	1.19	1803.0	251	102	98	.510	245	2.97	1,215	85	28	1	1,662	595	693	115	485	20	4	62	7,405	51	6.06	2.42	2.51	0.57	16.4	6.5	.278	3.46	84	2.89	81	8.30	133.8
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.19	2398.2	330	155	109	.587	327	3.07	1,600	124	32	1	2,080	819	927	161	780	19	1	42	9,827	69	6.00	2.93	2.05	0.60	16.3	7.9	.264	3.48	88	3.12	87	7.80	125.1
16	Randy Jones R. Jones	1.20	1611.2	240	87	92	.486	229	3.24	624	67	15	2	1,555	581	688	96	385	13	7	79	6,654	15	3.48	2.15	1.62	0.54	9.4	5.8	.264	3.84	94	3.36	96	8.68	24.7
17	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	1.21	1788.1	286	105	93	.530	247	3.19	1,037	71	21	2	1,635	633	716	119	527	14	12	41	7,389	44	5.22	2.65	1.97	0.60	14.0	7.1	.266	3.60	87	3.20	86	8.23	102.1
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.21	2063.0	322	142	92	.607	285	3.42	1,229	120	28	3	1,904	783	839	204	595	28	18	22	8,498	12	5.36	2.60	2.07	0.89	14.5	7.0	.264	3.66	86	3.59	92	8.31	68.8
19	Marty Pattin M. Pattin	1.22	1707.0	352	99	93	.516	193	3.47	947	62	13	18	1,603	659	735	166	472	40	78	59	7,075	25	4.99	2.49	2.01	0.88	13.4	6.7	.264	3.88	93	3.61	97	8.45	21.3
20	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1.22	1741.0	253	120	78	.606	245	3.34	832	115	25	1	1,605	646	723	158	525	7	4	27	7,152	34	4.30	2.71	1.58	0.82	11.6	7.3	.257	3.74	96	3.68	103	8.30	-22
21	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	1.22	1638.2	230	86	94	.478	228	3.13	980	79	21	2	1,498	570	647	89	509	25	2	39	6,741	58	5.38	2.80	1.93	0.49	14.5	7.6	.274	3.55	84	3.12	85	8.23	98.4
22	Don Gullett D. Gullett	1.23	1390.0	266	109	50	.686	186	3.11	921	44	14	11	1,205	481	528	115	501	12	35	42	5,763	36	5.96	3.24	1.84	0.74	16.0	8.7	.259	3.42	88	3.42	97	7.80	17.9
23	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1.23	2747.0	368	178	126	.586	366	3.18	2,097	165	32	0	2,413	971	1,103	238	960	31	0	87	11,361	81	6.87	3.15	2.18	0.78	18.5	8.4	.271	3.61	85	3.26	89	7.91	125.5
24	Ron Reed R. Reed	1.23	1585.2	412	89	98	.476	168	3.54	912	42	6	52	1,547	623	712	120	402	29	147	69	6,604	44	5.18	2.28	2.27	0.68	13.8	6.1	.278	4.04	93	3.21	86	8.78	90.1
25	Dave McNally D. McNally	1.23	1363.2	195	94	64	.595	193	3.30	630	69	16	1	1,280	500	536	111	402	31	1	36	5,610	26	4.16	2.65	1.57	0.73	11.2	7.2	.264	3.54	95	3.62	101	8.45	-7.7