lowest single season whip amongst relievers with minimum 15 ip in 1900s

Between the 1900 and 1909 seasons, Cy Young had the lowest WHIP by a relief pitcher with 15.0+ innings pitched in a season, with a WHIP of 0.40 in 1904.

NAMEWHIPIPSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%BABIPRAH/9
1Cy Young
C. Young
0.40
15.0
1904
BSA BSA
2
1
0
1.000
0
0.60
6
0
0
1
6
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
3.60
0.00
0.00
0.60
3.60
2George Winter
G. Winter
0.50
35.2
1907
BSA BSA
8
2
1
.667
0
15
0
0
1
13
2
0
5
1
8
0
3.79
1.26
3.00
0.00
0.50
3.28
3Mordecai Brown
M. Brown
0.54
18.2
1907
CHC CHC
7
3
0
1.000
0
11
0
0
2
10
3
0
0
1
7
62
1
5.30
0.00
0.00
17.7
0.0
.200
1.45
4.82
4Harry Coveleski
H. Coveleski
0.65
20.0
1907
PHN PHN
4
1
0
1.000
0
6
0
0
0
10
2
0
3
1
4
72
0
2.70
1.35
2.00
0.00
8.3
4.2
.161
0.90
4.50
5Joe Lake
J. Lake
0.66
19.2
1909
NYH NYH
5
2
0
1.000
0
9
0
0
1
10
4
0
3
0
5
68
3
4.12
1.37
3.00
0.00
13.2
4.4
.179
1.83
4.58
6Jack Powell
J. Powell
0.66
22.2
1901
STL STL
8
2
2
.500
0
2.78
10
0
0
3
12
7
9
3
3
2
8
0
3.97
1.19
3.33
1.19
3.57
4.76
7Tully Sparks
T. Sparks
0.67
15.0
1906
PHN PHN
5
1
0
1.000
0
7
0
0
3
6
3
1
4
1
5
55
0
4.20
2.40
1.75
0.60
12.7
7.3
.119
1.80
3.60
8Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
0.71
28.1
1902
PHA PHA
6
5
0
1.000
0
0.32
20
0
0
0
15
1
3
0
5
0
5
0
6.35
1.59
4.00
0.00
0.95
4.76
9Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
0.71
41.0
1907
CWS CWS
10
0
1
.000
0
23
0
0
4
24
6
0
5
0
10
2
5.05
1.10
4.60
0.00
1.32
5.27
10Al Orth
A. Orth
0.73
15.0
1903
WSH WSH
4
0
0
0
1.20
8
0
0
2
9
2
3
0
2
0
4
0
4.80
1.20
4.00
0.00
1.80
5.40
11Orval Overall
O. Overall
0.75
18.2
1909
CHC CHC
6
1
0
1.000
0
15
0
0
3
8
2
0
6
0
6
66
0
7.23
2.89
2.50
0.00
22.7
9.1
.178
0.96
3.86
12Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
0.75
28.0
1908
NYG NYG
12
5
1
.833
0
23
0
0
3
15
5
0
6
1
10
105
0
7.39
1.93
3.83
0.00
21.9
5.7
.200
1.61
4.82
13Mike Lynch
M. Lynch
0.75
24.0
1906
PIT PIT
6
2
0
1.000
0
11
0
0
0
15
8
0
3
1
6
88
0
4.13
1.13
3.67
0.00
12.5
3.4
.205
3.00
5.63
14Cy Young
C. Young
0.76
29.0
1905
BSA BSA
5
5
0
1.000
0
17
0
0
0
20
3
0
2
0
5
1
5.28
0.62
8.50
0.00
0.93
6.21
15Jim Scott
J. Scott
0.76
23.2
1909
CWS CWS
7
1
0
1.000
0
14
0
0
0
10
6
0
8
4
6
89
1
5.32
3.04
1.75
0.00
15.7
9.0
.159
2.28
3.80
16Bob Ewing
B. Ewing
0.76
19.2
1905
CIN CIN
6
2
0
1.000
0
6
0
0
1
10
4
0
5
1
6
74
1
2.75
2.29
1.20
0.00
8.1
6.8
.161
1.83
4.58
17Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
0.76
38.0
1908
CWS CWS
17
5
1
.833
0
35
0
0
6
28
18
1
1
0
16
140
0
8.29
0.24
35.00
0.24
25.0
0.7
.262
4.26
6.63
18Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
0.77
24.2
1905
NYG NYG
6
2
1
.667
0
11
0
0
3
16
9
0
3
0
6
91
0
4.01
1.09
3.67
0.00
12.1
3.3
.208
3.28
5.84
19Doc White
D. White
0.77
23.1
1906
CWS CWS
4
2
1
.667
0
11
0
0
0
14
4
0
4
1
4
1
4.24
1.54
2.75
0.00
1.54
5.40
20Babe Adams
B. Adams
0.77
42.2
1909
PIT PIT
13
6
0
1.000
0
19
0
0
2
23
7
0
10
2
10
155
1
4.01
2.11
1.90
0.00
12.3
6.5
.185
1.48
4.85
21Lew Moren
L. Moren
0.78
29.1
1909
PHN PHN
9
3
3
.500
0
16
0
0
1
17
12
2
6
0
9
108
2
4.91
1.84
2.67
0.61
14.8
5.6
.179
3.68
5.22
22Clark Griffith
C. Griffith
0.79
20.1
1904
NYH NYH
5
2
0
1.000
0
0.44
11
0
0
0
11
1
2
1
5
1
5
0
4.87
2.21
2.20
0.44
0.89
4.87
23Jack Ryan
J. Ryan
0.80
26.1
1908
CLE CLE
7
0
1
.000
0
6
0
0
1
19
11
3
2
0
6
89
0
2.05
0.68
3.00
1.03
6.7
2.2
.205
3.76
6.49
24Chief Bender
C. Bender
0.80
20.0
1906
PHA PHA
9
1
0
1.000
0
17
0
0
3
14
6
1
2
1
9
0
7.65
0.90
8.50
0.45
2.70
6.30
25Orval Overall
O. Overall
0.81
24.2
1908
CHC CHC
10
2
0
1.000
0
18
0
0
3
12
3
0
8
1
9
89
1
6.57
2.92
2.25
0.00
20.2
9.0
.194
1.09
4.38
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