lowest whip as a pitcher from 1951 to 1975 with at least 200 innings

Between the 1951 and 1975 seasons, Dick Hughes had the lowest WHIP when pitching at least 200 innings, with a WHIP of 0.97.

	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	Dick Hughes D. Hughes	0.97	307.0	68	20	9	.690	34	2.79	230	13	4	8	221	95	101	29	76	7	17	12	1,205	8	6.74	2.23	3.03	0.85	19.1	6.3	.222	2.96	86	3.05	97	6.48	3.4
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.06	2447.2	319	168	96	.636	314	2.46	2,099	148	34	1	1,940	669	733	173	656	44	5	53	9,760	56	7.72	2.41	3.20	0.64	21.5	6.7	.260	2.70	71	2.57	76	7.13	221.9
3	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1.09	2902.0	420	191	139	.579	362	3.17	2,202	200	37	7	2,562	1,021	1,132	299	590	58	30	81	11,743	39	6.83	1.83	3.73	0.93	18.8	5.0	.263	3.51	84	3.00	82	7.95	203.9
4	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1.10	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
5	Dick Hall D. Hall	1.10	1259.2	495	93	75	.554	74	3.32	741	20	3	71	1,152	464	512	130	236	18	237	70	5,085	1	5.29	1.69	3.14	0.93	14.6	4.6	.258	3.66	91	3.29	88	8.23	63.7
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.11	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1.11	2544.1	367	155	126	.552	353	3.02	1,913	110	40	3	2,170	855	941	187	653	47	9	59	10,365	65	6.77	2.31	2.93	0.66	18.5	6.3	.262	3.33	91	2.79	85	7.68	136.5
8	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	1.11	627.2	132	29	32	.475	77	3.07	367	20	7	4	512	214	232	44	186	15	22	10	2,520	24	5.26	2.67	1.97	0.63	14.6	7.4	.245	3.33	90	3.17	91	7.34	20.6
9	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	1.11	1836.0	282	112	77	.593	235	2.65	1,379	84	24	13	1,373	541	620	132	669	35	28	36	7,454	52	6.76	3.28	2.06	0.65	18.5	9.0	.237	3.04	79	3.11	89	6.73	76.7
10	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1.11	2784.1	402	184	127	.592	379	3.06	1,697	146	38	1	2,327	947	1,054	286	770	41	5	49	11,277	37	5.49	2.49	2.20	0.92	15.0	6.8	.241	3.41	91	3.51	101	7.52	-11.2
11	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1.12	2254.1	1,070	143	122	.540	52	2.52	1,610	20	5	228	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1.13	1611.1	216	95	85	.528	213	2.78	1,327	97	24	0	1,416	498	566	114	403	39	2	23	6,533	31	7.41	2.25	3.29	0.64	20.3	6.2	.280	3.16	76	2.62	71	7.91	191.3
13	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1.13	881.1	432	54	50	.519	37	2.97	671	4	2	116	742	291	335	72	253	27	276	37	3,557	19	6.85	2.58	2.65	0.74	18.9	7.1	.264	3.42	88	3.02	85	7.58	52.2
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1.13	3609.0	523	216	174	.554	438	2.89	2,527	236	42	10	3,136	1,157	1,339	269	947	77	31	127	14,682	116	6.30	2.36	2.67	0.67	17.2	6.5	.264	3.34	81	2.94	84	7.82	216.2
15	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	1.13	1377.2	203	91	57	.615	200	2.89	894	38	13	0	1,189	442	486	108	372	13	1	42	5,615	24	5.84	2.43	2.40	0.71	15.9	6.6	.256	3.17	81	3.07	89	7.77	53.6
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.15	1367.2	198	92	54	.630	187	2.90	992	69	21	2	1,098	441	503	107	468	16	2	20	5,546	41	6.53	3.08	2.12	0.70	17.9	8.4	.250	3.31	85	3.15	89	7.23	59
17	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1.15	3432.0	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	2,486	167	49	6	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
18	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1.15	4011.0	573	244	210	.537	519	3.43	2,032	264	37	20	3,923	1,527	1,686	451	689	43	39	69	16,409	29	4.56	1.55	2.95	1.01	12.4	4.2	.263	3.78	90	3.48	91	8.80	152.1
19	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1.16	2491.2	438	145	122	.543	300	2.94	1,511	131	26	27	2,235	815	971	214	653	59	76	42	10,236	119	5.46	2.36	2.31	0.77	14.8	6.4	.259	3.51	79	3.27	91	8.07	91.1
20	Steve Hamilton S. Hamilton	1.16	663.0	421	40	31	.563	17	3.05	531	3	1	42	556	225	244	51	214	12	181	42	2,726	14	7.21	2.90	2.48	0.69	19.5	7.9	.263	3.31	88	2.95	82	7.55	45.7
21	Denny McLain D. McLain	1.16	1886.0	280	131	91	.590	264	3.39	1,282	105	29	2	1,646	711	778	242	548	26	8	24	7,719	27	6.12	2.62	2.34	1.15	16.6	7.1	.250	3.71	99	3.72	105	7.85	-33.1
22	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1.17	2189.2	307	152	80	.655	281	2.63	1,370	123	36	3	1,783	639	714	153	769	17	10	27	8,921	57	5.63	3.16	1.78	0.63	15.4	8.6	.247	2.93	76	3.26	91	7.33	77
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.17	2387.1	401	158	120	.568	314	3.05	1,797	144	37	15	1,984	809	891	231	802	38	50	38	9,768	24	6.77	3.02	2.24	0.87	18.4	8.2	.254	3.36	83	3.33	90	7.48	93.6
24	Al Hrabosky A. Hrabosky	1.17	269.2	196	26	9	.743	1	2.34	244	0	0	36	214	70	86	10	102	4	98	22	1,115	13	8.14	3.40	2.39	0.33	21.9	9.1	.270	2.87	63	2.42	68	7.14	34.4
25	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1.17	2697.2	425	181	116	.609	359	3.05	1,597	170	35	10	2,400	913	1,060	212	769	10	29	55	10,994	48	5.33	2.57	2.08	0.71	14.5	7.0	.260	3.54	88	3.23	92	8.01	77.5

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Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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