what pitcher had the lowest whip in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Billy O'Dell had the lowest WHIP, with a WHIP of 1.13.

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What pitcher had the lowest whip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game in the 1950s?

	NAME	WHIP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Billy O'Dell B. O'Dell	1.13	125	29	34	.460	67	2.86	334	21	6	13	585.1	492	186	213	43	168	10	33	16	2,400	4	5.14	2.58	1.99	0.66	13.9	7.0	.243	3.28	79	3.22	88	7.56	28.5
2	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1.13	405	199	149	.572	370	3.32	1,516	237	30	19	3011.2	2,874	1,110	1,229	327	525	29	29	31	12,263	22	4.53	1.57	2.89	0.98	12.4	4.3	.258	3.67	85	3.42	87	8.59	171.5
3	Jim Perry J. Perry	1.16	44	12	10	.545	13	2.65	79	8	2	4	153.0	122	45	54	10	55	2	18	7	615	2	4.65	3.24	1.44	0.59	12.8	8.9	.239	3.18	70	3.48	90	7.18	6.5
4	Bob Milliken B. Milliken	1.18	61	13	6	.684	13	3.59	90	3	0	4	180.1	152	72	83	25	60	2	18		746	5	4.49	2.99	1.50	1.25	12.1	8.0	.223	4.14	84	4.36	103	7.59	-2.1
5	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1.18	389	202	131	.607	350	2.92	1,464	215	33	17	2822.2	2,540	915	1,022	222	790	20	33	36	11,554	43	4.67	2.52	1.85	0.71	12.7	6.8	.256	3.26	79	3.31	90	8.10	120.5
6	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	1.19	270	126	73	.633	246	3.54	917	116	19	5	1773.2	1,719	698	791	217	395	24	16	21	7,309	18	4.65	2.00	2.32	1.10	12.5	5.4	.261	4.01	87	3.73	90	8.72	79.5
7	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1.21	245	95	80	.543	215	3.58	1,093	86	18	8	1572.0	1,494	626	704	179	414	30	23	39	6,539	33	6.26	2.37	2.64	1.02	16.7	6.3	.273	4.03	90	3.39	85	8.55	107.3
8	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1.22	150	59	39	.602	110	3.55	631	38	5	4	841.0	736	332	360	112	286	35	16	15	3,527	14	6.75	3.06	2.21	1.20	17.9	8.1	.253	3.85	90	3.85	97	7.88	11.2
9	Larry Jansen L. Jansen	1.22	170	68	56	.548	136	3.61	499	55	9	8	981.0	956	394	447	107	237	14	21	1	4,068	4	4.58	2.17	2.11	0.98	12.3	5.8	.264	4.10	90	3.68	90	8.77	45.7
10	Ken Raffensberger K. Raffensberger	1.22	150	54	65	.454	128	3.62	313	59	16	6	919.0	965	370	417	106	159	10	16		3,824	4	3.07	1.56	1.97	1.04	8.2	4.2	.265	4.08	89	3.87	94	9.45	23.9
11	Warren Hacker W. Hacker	1.22	231	54	77	.412	144	4.19	477	44	6	9	1097.1	1,087	511	579	166	256	16	41	24	4,613	8	3.91	2.10	1.86	1.36	10.3	5.5	.249	4.75	103	4.28	105	8.92	-24.9
12	Don Mossi D. Mossi	1.23	258	51	36	.586	66	3.34	460	23	4	32	751.0	697	279	311	57	226	12	102	18	3,148	7	5.51	2.71	2.04	0.68	14.6	7.2	.267	3.73	87	3.17	82	8.35	59.4
13	Steve Gromek S. Gromek	1.23	230	70	60	.538	123	3.64	465	46	9	9	1078.1	1,043	436	484	127	286	49	50	15	4,546	9	3.88	2.39	1.63	1.06	10.2	6.3	.253	4.04	93	4.04	104	8.71	-22.1
14	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1.24	353	155	121	.562	306	3.06	1,487	162	33	18	2383.0	2,107	809	898	189	840	23	33	27	9,940	32	5.62	3.17	1.77	0.71	15.0	8.5	.259	3.39	78	3.34	86	7.96	145.8
15	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1.24	432	62	50	.554	37	2.79	645	17	4	58	1023.2	859	317	385	74	413	34	204	23	4,256	33	5.67	3.63	1.56	0.65	15.2	9.7	.254	3.38	72	3.45	88	7.55	50.2
16	Dick Donovan D. Donovan	1.24	183	67	53	.558	153	3.48	515	62	15	1	1132.1	1,084	438	484	100	325	33	15	27	4,749	10	4.09	2.58	1.58	0.79	10.8	6.8	.261	3.85	90	3.63	94	8.62	25.7
17	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	1.25	102	28	33	.459	68	3.39	235	24	3	6	519.2	489	196	221	48	158	10	23		2,159	4	4.07	2.74	1.49	0.83	10.9	7.3	.258	3.83	84	3.79	92	8.47	19.5
18	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	1.25	163	84	42	.667	148	3.12	359	65	13	1	1104.1	1,096	383	444	89	279	25	8	5	4,580	3	2.93	2.27	1.29	0.73	7.8	6.1	.263	3.62	81	3.71	98	8.93	9.1
19	Carl Willey C. Willey	1.25	49	14	16	.467	34	3.36	125	14	6	0	257.0	236	96	104	26	84	4	4	8	1,076	7	4.38	2.94	1.49	0.91	11.6	7.8	.251	3.64	93	3.88	109	8.26	-10.9
20	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1.25	147	51	40	.560	106	3.33	576	32	9	2	802.1	743	297	331	73	257	42	24	21	3,379	18	6.46	2.88	2.24	0.82	17.0	7.6	.276	3.71	81	3.34	82	8.33	62.2
21	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	1.25	333	126	82	.606	230	3.39	661	104	21	18	1863.2	1,886	701	792	160	442	29	62	34	7,741	15	3.19	2.13	1.50	0.77	8.5	5.7	.268	3.82	93	3.62	99	9.11	-3.8
22	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1.25	68	25	19	.568	48	3.51	195	18	4	3	353.2	316	138	150	16	126	6	12	3	1,466	20	4.96	3.21	1.55	0.41	13.3	8.6	.267	3.82	97	3.12	85	8.04	22.5
23	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	1.25	290	116	92	.558	241	3.18	1,026	98	23	9	1721.1	1,579	609	711	163	574	33	28	35	7,235	22	5.36	3.00	1.79	0.85	14.2	7.9	.260	3.72	81	3.55	91	8.26	68.6
24	Sal Maglie S. Maglie	1.26	290	114	58	.663	222	3.19	830	86	22	14	1638.2	1,519	581	662	167	540	42	34	8	6,841	18	4.56	2.97	1.54	0.92	12.1	7.9	.257	3.64	80	3.83	95	8.34	37.1
25	Ellis Kinder E. Kinder	1.26	346	58	40	.592	37	3.13	389	16	1	98	768.2	708	267	300	66	259	5	224	8	3,241	6	4.55	3.03	1.50	0.77	12.0	8.0	.255	3.51	71	3.62	84	8.29	58.1

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