top career whip after 1959 minimum 2000 ip

Since 1960, Clayton Kershaw has the lowest WHIP when pitching at least 2000 innings, with a WHIP of 1.02.

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top career whip by a player after 1959 minimum 2000 ip

	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.02	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.1
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	1.05	2084.0	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	2,579	16	3	12	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.05	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1.08	2963.0	483	220	117	.653	474	3.22	3,489	12	5	0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
5	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
6	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1.12	2629.2	371	158	126	.556	359	2.83	1,910	135	40	4	2,341	827	961	207	598	112	10	102	10,718	64	6.54	2.05	3.19	0.71	17.8	5.6	.270	3.29	84	2.92	89	8.01	100
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.12	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
8	Johan Santana J. Santana	1.13	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
9	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1.13	3449.1	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	2,012	181	42	1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1.14	3567.2	555	266	158	.627	555	3.32	3,553	26	9	0	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
11	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1.14	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	3,116	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
12	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1.14	2562.2	399	167	117	.588	371	3.34	1,715	76	16	1	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	1.65	3.64	0.77	16.5	4.5	.281	3.64	80	3.26	80	8.61	225.4
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1.14	4500.2	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	3,192	267	49	7	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1.14	5282.1	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	3,574	178	58	5	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
15	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.14	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
16	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	1.14	2230.1	344	130	99	.568	295	2.86	1,625	98	27	14	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
17	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1.15	2209.1	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	2,070	16	7	0	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
18	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1.16	3285.2	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	2,401	100	20	390	3,076	1,278	1,382	347	738	75	577	91	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	.274	3.79	86	3.40	85	8.43	224.9
19	David Price D. Price	1.16	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
20	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1.17	2919.1	441	165	145	.532	409	3.19	2,224	113	35	12	2,697	1,034	1,167	260	714	125	23	83	12,091	33	6.86	2.20	3.11	0.80	18.4	5.9	.278	3.60	87	3.04	85	8.31	184
21	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.17	3389.1	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	2,979	17	5	1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1.17	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
23	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.17	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
24	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1.18	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	3,084	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
25	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1.18	2749.1	416	203	105	.659	390	3.38	2,117	67	20	1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	3.58	0.77	18.8	5.2	.292	3.72	77	3.39	77	8.66	296