best whip as a pitcher in a month with a minimum of 40 innings pitched in the 1920's

Between the 1920 and 1929 seasons, Guy Bush had the lowest WHIP when pitching at least 40 innings in a month, with a WHIP of 0.68 in August 1926.

NAME WHIP IP MONTH 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 Guy Bush
G. Bush
0.68
51.2
August 1926
7
6
0
1.000
5
0.17
8
4
2
0
25
1
5
1
10
0
1
183
1
1.39
1.74
0.80
0.17
4.4
5.5
.146
0.87
4.35
2 Burleigh Grimes
B. Grimes
0.74
71.1
June 1928
8
7
1
.875
7
1.64
27
7
2
0
42
13
16
2
11
1
1
266
1
3.41
1.39
2.45
0.25
10.2
4.1
.178
2.02
5.30
3 Jesse Haines
J. Haines
0.76
63.0
June 1920
9
6
2
.750
7
1.14
26
6
3
0
40
8
11
0
8
3
2
237
0
3.71
1.14
3.25
0.00
11.0
3.4
.200
1.57
5.71
4 Eddie Rommel
E. Rommel
0.79
43.0
August 1928
11
3
0
1.000
1
0.84
7
0
0
3
27
4
4
0
7
0
6
156
0
1.47
1.47
1.00
0.00
4.5
4.5
.190
0.84
5.65
5 Bullet Joe Bush
B. Joe Bush
0.81
47.0
August 1926
7
3
2
.600
5
1.72
15
5
1
0
28
9
11
3
10
1
0
176
0
2.87
1.91
1.50
0.57
8.5
5.7
.170
2.11
5.36
6 Ray Kremer
R. Kremer
0.81
67.2
September 1927
9
8
0
1.000
7
0.93
20
7
3
1
46
7
8
1
9
0
2
249
0
2.66
1.20
2.22
0.13
8.0
3.6
.205
1.06
6.12
7 Red Lucas
R. Lucas
0.81
54.0
September 1927
6
5
1
.833
6
1.83
6
6
2
0
38
11
11
1
6
0
0
202
0
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.17
3.0
3.0
.196
1.83
6.33
8 Babe Adams
B. Adams
0.82
55.0
August 1920
7
6
0
1.000
7
1.31
18
5
3
0
40
8
9
1
5
0
0
204
0
2.95
0.82
3.60
0.16
8.8
2.5
.217
1.47
6.55
9 Pete Donohue
P. Donohue
0.82
62.0
September 1926
11
4
3
.571
7
1.45
15
4
3
1
44
10
13
0
7
3
3
236
0
2.18
1.02
2.14
0.00
6.4
3.0
.209
1.89
6.39
10 Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
0.83
61.2
September 1924
8
5
2
.714
7
2.34
60
5
1
0
38
16
19
6
13
5
1
234
2
8.76
1.90
4.62
0.88
25.6
5.6
.213
2.77
5.55
11 Tommy Thomas
T. Thomas
0.83
63.2
May 1927
8
6
1
.857
7
0.99
32
6
2
0
38
7
9
1
15
0
1
243
0
4.52
2.12
2.13
0.14
13.2
6.2
.190
1.27
5.37
12 Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
0.84
61.0
August 1926
7
4
2
.667
6
0.89
16
6
2
0
37
6
8
2
14
0
1
236
0
2.36
2.07
1.14
0.30
6.8
5.9
.172
1.18
5.46
13 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
0.84
58.1
August 1924
7
7
0
1.000
7
1.23
28
5
2
0
36
8
8
0
13
2
0
223
1
4.32
2.01
2.15
0.00
12.6
5.8
.200
1.23
5.55
14 Urban Shocker
U. Shocker
0.86
69.0
September 1921
8
6
2
.750
8
1.96
27
7
3
0
49
15
17
3
10
0
0
264
0
3.52
1.30
2.70
0.39
10.2
3.8
.205
2.22
6.39
15 Pat Malone
P. Malone
0.86
49.0
May 1928
6
4
1
.800
5
1.65
28
4
1
0
31
9
11
3
11
0
1
187
2
5.14
2.02
2.55
0.55
15.0
5.9
.193
2.02
5.69
16 Red Faber
R. Faber
0.86
77.0
July 1921
8
7
1
.875
8
0.82
37
8
2
0
51
7
7
2
15
0
0
288
0
4.32
1.75
2.47
0.23
12.8
5.2
.209
0.82
5.96
17 Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
0.87
46.0
September 1928
6
4
1
.800
5
0.78
41
4
0
0
26
4
9
1
14
1
1
179
0
8.02
2.74
2.93
0.20
22.9
7.8
.205
1.76
5.09
18 Guy Morton
G. Morton
0.87
43.2
July 1921
8
4
1
.800
3
1.03
15
2
2
0
30
5
14
0
8
1
4
169
0
3.09
1.65
1.88
0.00
8.9
4.7
.207
2.89
6.18
19 Lefty Grove
L. Grove
0.87
49.1
August 1928
8
6
0
1.000
5
1.46
32
5
1
0
35
8
12
2
8
0
2
187
0
5.84
1.46
4.00
0.36
17.1
4.3
.228
2.19
6.39
20 Dolf Luque
D. Luque
0.87
42.1
August 1927
6
4
1
.800
5
1.91
14
4
2
0
30
9
9
2
7
0
1
159
1
2.98
1.49
2.00
0.43
8.8
4.4
.206
1.91
6.38
21 Johnny Morrison
J. Morrison
0.88
41.0
August 1921
5
3
2
.600
5
1.98
9
3
2
0
28
9
9
2
8
0
0
153
0
1.98
1.76
1.13
0.44
5.9
5.2
.194
1.98
6.15
22 Garland Braxton
G. Braxton
0.88
55.2
July 1928
7
3
2
.600
7
2.43
17
4
0
0
40
15
20
3
9
3
0
222
1
2.75
1.46
1.89
0.49
7.7
4.1
.195
3.23
6.47
23 George Uhle
G. Uhle
0.89
40.2
August 1925
6
4
2
.667
5
2.43
19
4
1
0
27
11
11
2
9
2
1
153
2
4.20
1.99
2.11
0.44
12.4
5.9
.207
2.43
5.98
24 Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
0.89
49.2
August 1926
10
4
2
.667
5
2.17
11
4
1
2
35
12
13
2
9
0
5
193
0
1.99
1.63
1.22
0.36
5.7
4.7
.193
2.36
6.34
25 Art Nehf
A. Nehf
0.90
41.1
September 1920
6
4
1
.800
5
1.09
15
4
2
0
29
5
8
0
8
1
1
158
0
3.27
1.74
1.88
0.00
9.5
5.1
.216
1.74
6.31
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