best single season whips for athletics relievers; minimum 35 ip

Dennis Eckersley has the lowest WHIP by an Oakland Athletics relief pitcher with 35.0+ innings pitched in a season, with a WHIP of 0.61 in 1989.

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 H/9
1 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0.61
57.2
1989
OAK OAK
51
4
0
1.000
0
1.56
55
0
0
33
32
10
10
5
3
1
46
0
206
0
8.58
0.47
18.33
0.78
26.7
1.5
.190
1.56
4.99
2 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0.61
73.1
1990
OAK OAK
63
4
2
.667
0
0.61
73
0
0
48
41
5
9
2
4
0
61
1
262
0
8.96
0.49
18.25
0.25
27.9
1.5
.213
1.10
5.03
3 Sean Doolittle
S. Doolittle
0.73
62.2
2014
OAK OAK
61
2
4
.333
0
2.73
89
0
0
22
38
19
19
5
8
0
40
1
236
0
12.78
1.15
11.13
0.72
37.7
3.4
.246
2.73
5.46
4 Ryan Madson
R. Madson
0.79
39.1
2017
OAK OAK
40
2
4
.333
0
2.06
39
0
0
1
25
9
9
2
6
2
8
2
144
0
8.92
1.37
6.50
0.46
27.1
4.2
.242
2.06
5.72
5 Yusmeiro Petit
Y. Petit
0.81
83.0
2019
OAK OAK
80
5
3
.625
0
2.71
71
0
0
0
57
25
25
11
10
0
6
0
308
2
7.70
1.08
7.10
1.19
23.1
3.2
.213
2.71
6.18
6 Joey Devine
J. Devine
0.83
45.2
2008
OAK OAK
42
6
1
.857
0
0.59
49
0
0
1
23
3
7
0
15
0
10
2
170
0
9.66
2.96
3.27
0.00
28.8
8.8
.217
1.38
4.53
7 Blake Treinen
B. Treinen
0.83
80.1
2018
OAK OAK
68
9
2
.818
0
0.78
100
0
0
38
46
7
12
2
21
1
58
3
315
6
11.20
2.35
4.76
0.22
31.7
6.7
.230
1.34
5.15
8 Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
0.84
80.0
1971
OAK OAK
40
3
3
.500
0
2.48
60
0
0
17
51
22
23
6
16
3
28
2
298
0
6.75
1.80
3.75
0.68
20.1
5.4
.211
2.59
5.74
9 Fernando Abad
F. Abad
0.85
57.1
2014
OAK OAK
69
2
4
.333
0
1.57
51
0
0
0
34
10
11
4
15
4
17
3
216
0
8.01
2.35
3.40
0.63
23.6
6.9
.211
1.73
5.34
10 Steve Ontiveros
S. Ontiveros
0.86
74.2
1985
OAK OAK
39
1
3
.250
0
1.93
36
0
0
8
45
16
17
4
19
2
18
2
284
1
4.34
2.29
1.89
0.48
12.7
6.7
.184
2.05
5.42
11 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0.87
72.2
1988
OAK OAK
60
4
2
.667
0
2.35
70
0
0
45
52
19
20
5
11
1
53
2
279
0
8.67
1.36
6.36
0.62
25.1
3.9
.245
2.48
6.44
12 Ryan Dull
R. Dull
0.87
74.1
2016
OAK OAK
70
5
5
.500
0
2.42
73
0
0
3
50
20
23
10
15
1
9
4
290
6
8.84
1.82
4.87
1.21
25.2
5.2
.209
2.78
6.05
13 Andrew Bailey
A. Bailey
0.88
83.1
2009
OAK OAK
68
6
3
.667
0
1.84
91
0
0
26
49
17
17
5
24
0
54
3
323
6
9.83
2.59
3.79
0.54
28.2
7.4
.217
1.84
5.29
14 Mason Miller
M. Miller
0.88
65.0
2024
OAK OAK
55
2
2
.500
0
2.49
104
0
0
28
36
18
23
6
21
1
44
3
249
2
14.40
2.91
4.95
0.83
41.8
8.4
.256
3.18
4.98
15 Keith Foulke
K. Foulke
0.89
86.2
2003
OAK OAK
72
9
1
.900
0
2.08
88
0
0
43
57
20
21
10
20
7
67
2
338
0
9.14
2.08
4.40
1.04
26.0
5.9
.221
2.18
5.92
16 Rube Vickers
R. Vickers
0.90
69.2
1908
PHA PHA
19
6
2
.750
0
36
0
0
1
44
24
0
19
6
17
259
4
4.65
2.45
1.89
0.00
13.9
7.3
.222
3.10
5.68
17 Joe Berry
J. Berry
0.90
111.2
1944
PHA PHA
53
10
8
.556
0
1.93
44
0
0
12
78
24
32
3
23
2
47
442
1
3.55
1.85
1.91
0.24
10.0
5.2
.203
2.58
6.29
18 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0.91
76.0
1991
OAK OAK
67
5
4
.556
0
2.96
87
0
0
43
60
25
26
11
9
1
59
3
299
1
10.30
1.07
9.67
1.30
29.1
3.0
.257
3.08
7.11
19 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0.91
80.0
1992
OAK OAK
69
7
1
.875
0
1.91
93
0
0
51
62
17
17
5
11
1
65
6
309
0
10.46
1.24
8.45
0.56
30.1
3.6
.286
1.91
6.98
20 Grant Balfour
G. Balfour
0.92
74.2
2012
OAK OAK
75
3
2
.600
0
2.53
72
0
0
24
41
21
21
4
28
1
34
2
289
2
8.68
3.38
2.57
0.48
24.9
9.7
.201
2.53
4.94
21 Liam Hendriks
L. Hendriks
0.93
83.0
2019
OAK OAK
73
4
4
.500
0
1.63
122
0
0
25
58
15
16
5
19
2
41
5
322
7
13.23
2.06
6.42
0.54
37.9
5.9
.305
1.73
6.29
22 Jim Corsi
J. Corsi
0.94
38.1
1989
OAK OAK
22
1
2
.333
0
1.88
21
0
0
0
26
8
8
2
10
1
14
0
149
0
4.93
2.35
2.10
0.47
14.1
6.7
.209
1.88
6.10
23 Huston Street
H. Street
0.94
50.0
2007
OAK OAK
48
5
2
.714
0
2.88
63
0
0
16
35
16
20
5
12
0
35
3
199
0
11.34
2.16
5.25
0.90
31.7
6.0
.252
3.60
6.30
24 Ryan Cook
R. Cook
0.94
73.1
2012
OAK OAK
71
6
2
.750
0
2.09
80
0
0
14
42
17
18
4
27
4
23
4
288
4
9.82
3.31
2.96
0.49
27.8
9.4
.220
2.21
5.15
25 Tom Sturdivant
T. Sturdivant
0.94
36.0
1963
KCA KCA
14
1
1
.500
0
3.25
18
0
0
0
28
13
13
1
6
1
4
2
141
2
4.50
1.50
3.00
0.25
12.8
4.3
.235
3.25
7.00
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