Tim Jones had the lowest WHIP with 5.0+ innings pitched in 1977, with a WHIP of 0.70.

Interpreted as:

lowest whip by a player in 1977 minimum 5 ip

	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	Tim Jones T. Jones	0.70	10.0	1977	PIT	3	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	37	0	4.50	2.70	1.67	0.00	13.5	8.1	.138	0.00	0	2.63	67	3.60	1.5
2	Hank Webb H. Webb	0.75	8.0	1977	LAD	5	0	0		0	2.25	2	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	29	0	2.25	1.13	2.00	1.13	6.9	3.4	.167	2.25	59	4.60	117	5.63	-0.6
3	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
4	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
5	Bobby Cuellar B. Cuellar	0.90	6.2	1977	TEX	4	0	0		0	1.35	3	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	24	0	4.05	2.70	1.50	1.35	12.5	8.3	.167	1.35	33	4.68	118	5.40	-0.5
6	George Throop G. Throop	0.94	5.1	1977	KCR	4	0	0		0	3.38	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	4	0	1	0	21	0	1.69	6.75	0.25	1.69	4.8	19.0	.000	3.38	82	7.04	177	1.69	-1.9
7	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	0.95	133.0	1977	PIT	72	11	9	.550	0	1.62	151	0	0	26	78	24	27	9	49	2	55	6	523	2	10.22	3.32	3.08	0.61	28.9	9.4	.221	1.83	41	2.49	63	5.28	21.4
8	Manny Sarmiento M. Sarmiento	0.97	40.1	1977	CIN	24	0	0		0	2.45	23	0	0	1	28	11	13	6	11	0	11	2	158	0	5.13	2.45	2.09	1.34	14.6	7.0	.186	2.90	62	4.34	111	6.25	-1.9
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.01	261.1	1977	TOT	33	21	6	.778	33	2.58	196	19	7	0	199	75	78	19	66	0	0	6	1,031	7	6.75	2.27	2.97	0.65	19.0	6.4	.240	2.69	67	2.93	76	6.85	27.6
10	Gene Garber G. Garber	1.02	103.1	1977	PHI	64	8	6	.571	0	2.35	78	0	0	19	82	27	30	6	23	2	44	8	406	1	6.79	2.00	3.39	0.52	19.2	5.7	.256	2.61	60	2.70	68	7.14	14.3
11	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1.07	234.2	1977	TEX	30	14	12	.538	30	2.72	182	15	5	0	181	71	81	20	69	7	0	1	935	8	6.98	2.65	2.64	0.77	19.5	7.4	.245	3.11	67	3.26	82	6.94	18.9
12	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1.07	230.2	1977	PIT	33	20	5	.800	33	2.34	133	6	1	0	197	60	64	29	50	2	0	2	917	1	5.19	1.95	2.66	1.13	14.5	5.5	.239	2.50	59	3.89	98	7.69	1.7
13	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1.08	247.1	1977	CLE	33	14	13	.519	33	3.53	191	12	3	0	214	97	100	31	54	7	0	11	1,006	3	6.95	1.96	3.54	1.13	19.0	5.4	.253	3.64	87	3.55	86	7.79	16.1
14	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1.09	241.1	1977	CAL	31	15	9	.625	31	2.54	205	20	7	0	201	68	72	19	61	12	0	2	973	8	7.65	2.27	3.36	0.71	21.1	6.3	.269	2.69	66	2.96	75	7.50	26.6
15	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	1.09	79.0	1977	PHI	45	7	3	.700	0	2.62	58	0	0	9	62	23	25	6	24	1	31	5	311	1	6.61	2.73	2.42	0.68	18.6	7.7	.252	2.85	66	3.20	81	7.06	6.6
16	Steve Foucault S. Foucault	1.09	74.1	1977	DET	44	7	7	.500	0	3.15	58	0	0	13	64	26	29	7	17	0	34	4	303	2	7.02	2.06	3.41	0.85	19.1	5.6	.258	3.51	75	3.08	74	7.75	9
17	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	1.09	223.1	1977	LAD	32	12	7	.632	31	2.62	153	6	2	1	184	65	74	14	60	3	1	5	897	5	6.17	2.42	2.55	0.56	17.1	6.7	.255	2.98	68	3.02	76	7.41	22.9
18	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	1.11	110.0	1977	CHC	67	8	7	.533	1	3.03	78	0	0	4	94	37	42	11	28	1	23	9	437	8	6.38	2.29	2.79	0.90	17.8	6.4	.260	3.44	70	3.40	81	7.69	9.3
19	Ron Reed R. Reed	1.11	124.1	1977	PHI	60	7	5	.583	3	2.75	84	0	0	15	101	38	41	9	37	1	35	7	498	4	6.08	2.68	2.27	0.65	16.9	7.4	.251	2.97	70	3.23	82	7.31	9.8
20	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	1.11	292.2	1977	KCR	38	20	12	.625	37	3.04	244	21	5	1	246	99	117	18	79	8	1	0	1,186	14	7.50	2.43	3.09	0.55	20.6	6.7	.272	3.60	74	2.75	69	7.56	40.3
21	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1.12	283.0	1977	PHI	36	23	10	.697	36	2.64	198	17	2	0	229	83	99	25	89	4	0	5	1,135	3	6.30	2.83	2.22	0.80	17.4	7.8	.249	3.15	67	3.46	88	7.28	15.2
22	Bruce Taylor B. Taylor	1.13	29.1	1977	DET	19	1	0	1.000	0	3.38	19	0	0	2	23	11	11	2	10	1	12	3	118	0	5.83	3.07	1.90	0.61	16.1	8.5	.244	3.38	81	3.44	82	7.06	2.4
23	Don Aase D. Aase	1.13	92.1	1977	BOS	13	6	2	.750	13	3.12	49	4	2	0	85	32	36	6	19	1	0	1	373	0	4.78	1.85	2.58	0.58	13.1	5.1	.265	3.51	71	3.16	75	8.29	10.6
24	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1.13	210.2	1977	NYY	31	16	7	.696	25	2.82	176	9	5	1	174	66	72	12	65	0	4	2	850	6	7.52	2.78	2.71	0.51	20.7	7.6	.271	3.08	72	2.72	68	7.43	30.5
25	Skip Lockwood S. Lockwood	1.13	104.0	1977	NYM	63	4	8	.333	0	3.38	84	0	0	20	87	39	40	5	31	4	50	11	427	3	7.27	2.68	2.71	0.43	19.7	7.3	.271	3.46	91	2.75	72	7.53	12.7