lowest single season whip amongst pitchers with at least 15 inning pitched in 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dave Ford had the lowest WHIP with 15.0+ innings pitched in a season, with a WHIP of 0.80 in his rookie season in 1978.

	NAME	WHIP	IP	SEASON	TM	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	Dave Ford D. Ford	0.80	15.0	1978	BAL	2	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	53	0	3.00	1.20	2.50	0.00	9.4	3.8	.217	0.00	0	2.31	62	6.00	2.4
2	Vida Blue V. Blue	0.83	38.2	1970	OAK	6	2	0	1.000	6	2.09	35	2	2	0	20	9	12	0	12	1	0	0	147	0	8.15	2.79	2.92	0.00	23.8	8.2	.202	2.79	59	1.83	49	4.66	8.6
3	Mike Norris M. Norris	0.84	16.2	1975	OAK	4	1	0	1.000	3	0.00	5	1	1	0	6	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	65	0	2.70	4.32	0.63	0.00	7.7	12.3	.115	1.08	0	3.42	89	3.24	0.8
4	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	0.84	78.1	1972	LAD	51	8	7	.533	0	1.26	69	0	0	17	41	11	16	6	25	2	41	11	303	1	7.93	2.87	2.76	0.69	22.8	8.3	.174	1.84	39	2.66	85	4.71	4
5	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	0.84	21.1	1971	CHC	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.11	22	2	1	0	8	5	5	2	10	0	0	0	82	1	9.28	4.22	2.20	0.84	26.8	12.2	.125	2.11	55	3.01	81	3.38	1.6
6	Elias Sosa E. Sosa	0.85	63.2	1977	LAD	44	2	2	.500	0	1.98	47	0	0	1	42	14	15	7	12	1	20	3	239	1	6.64	1.70	3.92	0.99	19.7	5.0	.203	2.12	52	3.29	83	5.94	4.6
7	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	0.85	20.0	1971	TOT	12	0	1	.000	0	2.70	16	0	0	3	12	6	7	3	5	0	7	0	72	0	7.20	2.25	3.20	1.35	22.2	6.9	.188	3.15	76	3.55	105	5.40	-0.4
8	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	0.86	107.1	1977	CHC	62	7	3	.700	0	1.34	129	0	0	31	69	16	21	5	23	1	48	7	411	7	10.82	1.93	5.61	0.42	31.4	5.6	.253	1.76	31	1.60	38	5.79	29.2
9	Len Barker L. Barker	0.87	15.0	1976	TEX	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.40	7	1	1	0	7	4	4	0	6	2	0	0	56	1	4.20	3.60	1.17	0.00	12.5	10.7	.171	2.40	69	3.29	95	4.20	0.3
10	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	0.87	173.1	1972	KCR	34	11	6	.647	19	2.08	120	10	6	2	120	40	41	13	31	1	9	1	652	4	6.23	1.61	3.87	0.68	18.4	4.8	.220	2.13	68	2.54	79	6.23	12.6
11	Doug Rau D. Rau	0.89	32.2	1972	LAD	7	2	2	.500	3	2.20	19	2	0	0	18	8	11	1	11	1	3	2	130	0	5.23	3.03	1.73	0.28	14.6	8.5	.173	3.03	68	2.73	87	4.96	1.4
12	Monty Montgomery M. Montgomery	0.89	21.1	1971	KCR	3	3	0	1.000	2	2.11	12	0	0	0	16	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	82	0	5.06	1.27	4.00	0.00	14.6	3.7	.239	2.11	61	1.74	49	6.75	4.3
13	Steve Hamilton S. Hamilton	0.90	44.2	1971	SFG	39	2	2	.500	0	3.02	38	0	0	4	29	15	15	4	11	1	16	6	173	1	7.66	2.22	3.45	0.81	22.0	6.4	.210	3.02	87	2.71	80	5.84	3.3
14	Steve Busby S. Busby	0.90	40.0	1972	KCR	5	3	1	.750	5	1.58	31	3	0	0	28	7	9	1	8	0	0	0	153	0	6.98	1.80	3.88	0.23	20.3	5.2	.239	2.03	51	1.77	55	6.30	6.3
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	0.91	272.2	1972	LAD	33	19	9	.679	33	2.08	207	18	9	0	186	63	78	13	63	4	0	1	1,061	9	6.83	2.08	3.29	0.43	19.5	5.9	.224	2.57	64	2.23	71	6.14	27.9
16	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	0.91	295.1	1972	OAK	38	21	7	.750	37	2.04	191	16	5	0	200	67	74	21	70	3	1	6	1,148	3	5.82	2.13	2.73	0.64	16.6	6.1	.207	2.26	70	2.77	91	6.09	8.5
17	Gene Garber G. Garber	0.92	117.0	1978	TOT	65	6	5	.545	0	2.15	85	0	0	25	84	28	32	12	24	5	50	6	454	3	6.54	1.85	3.54	0.92	18.7	5.3	.220	2.46	56	3.20	85	6.46	7.1
18	Don McMahon D. McMahon	0.92	30.1	1973	SFG	22	4	0	1.000	0	1.48	20	0	0	6	21	5	5	1	7	0	16	3	119	3	5.93	2.08	2.86	0.30	16.8	5.9	.220	1.48	39	2.36	62	6.23	4.7
19	Dick Hall D. Hall	0.93	61.1	1970	BAL	32	10	5	.667	0	3.08	30	0	0	3	51	21	25	8	6	0	17	2	232	0	4.40	0.88	5.00	1.17	12.9	2.6	.229	3.67	84	3.64	94	7.48	1.6
20	Fred Holdsworth F. Holdsworth	0.93	39.2	1976	BAL	16	4	1	.800	0	2.04	24	0	0	2	24	9	9	0	13	0	13	1	149	2	5.45	2.95	1.85	0.00	16.1	8.7	.214	2.04	62	2.40	70	5.45	4.6
21	Dave Geisel D. Geisel	0.93	15.0	1979	CHC	7	0	0		0	0.60	5	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	58	0	3.00	2.40	1.25	0.00	8.6	6.9	.208	0.60	15	3.05	77	6.00	1.5
22	Chuck Taylor C. Taylor	0.93	20.1	1973	MON	8	2	0	1.000	0	1.77	10	0	0	0	17	4	4	3	2	0	4	1	77	0	4.43	0.89	5.00	1.33	13.0	2.6	.226	1.77	47	3.79	99	7.52	0.1
23	Ron Reed R. Reed	0.94	128.0	1976	PHI	59	8	7	.533	4	2.46	96	1	0	14	88	35	39	8	32	2	31	7	499	2	6.75	2.25	3.00	0.56	19.2	6.4	.222	2.74	69	2.74	77	6.19	11.5
24	Al Severinsen A. Severinsen	0.94	21.1	1972	SDP	17	0	1	.000	0	2.53	9	0	0	1	13	6	8	1	7	2	9	1	85	1	3.80	2.95	1.29	0.42	10.6	8.2	.182	3.38	77	3.42	108	5.48	-0.7
25	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	0.95	273.2	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	248	16	9	0	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5