best whip as a pitcher in a month with a minimum of 40 innings pitched in the 1950's

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Billy Pierce had the lowest WHIP when pitching at least 40 innings in a month, with a WHIP of 0.65 in June 1958.

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 Billy Pierce
B. Pierce
0.65
53.2
June 1958
7
4
1
.800
6
1.84
29
5
3
1
22
11
11
7
13
1
1
0
194
0
4.86
2.18
2.23
1.17
14.9
6.7
.104
1.84
3.69
2 Dick Donovan
D. Donovan
0.73
53.2
August 1956
7
5
0
1.000
6
1.34
20
5
2
0
31
8
8
3
8
1
0
0
199
0
3.35
1.34
2.50
0.50
10.1
4.0
.168
1.34
5.20
3 Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
0.73
45.0
May 1952
5
4
1
.800
5
1.00
28
5
1
0
21
5
6
1
12
0
0
166
0
5.60
2.40
2.33
0.20
16.9
7.2
.160
1.20
4.20
4 Ken Raffensberger
K. Raffensberger
0.73
49.0
September 1951
7
4
0
1.000
6
1.65
15
3
2
1
30
9
9
1
6
0
1
182
0
2.76
1.10
2.50
0.18
8.2
3.3
.181
1.65
5.51
5 Warren Hacker
W. Hacker
0.74
45.2
May 1955
6
4
1
.800
5
1.77
13
5
0
1
28
9
9
5
6
1
1
0
173
1
2.56
1.18
2.17
0.99
7.5
3.5
.155
1.77
5.52
6 Johnny Antonelli
J. Antonelli
0.74
49.2
July 1959
7
3
2
.600
6
1.99
27
5
2
1
30
11
12
5
7
1
1
0
187
0
4.89
1.27
3.86
0.91
14.4
3.7
.170
2.17
5.44
7 Jim Wilson
J. Wilson
0.77
44.0
June 1954
5
5
0
1.000
5
1.23
21
4
3
0
26
6
6
4
8
1
0
162
0
4.30
1.64
2.63
0.82
13.0
4.9
.172
1.23
5.32
8 Bobby Shantz
B. Shantz
0.77
53.0
June 1952
6
5
1
.833
6
1.70
33
6
1
0
34
10
12
2
7
1
0
197
0
5.60
1.19
4.71
0.34
16.8
3.6
.208
2.04
5.77
9 Bud Daley
B. Daley
0.78
40.0
May 1959
7
3
1
.750
3
1.13
22
2
1
0
28
5
7
2
3
2
2
0
152
3
4.95
0.68
7.33
0.45
14.5
2.0
.211
1.58
6.30
10 Warren Hacker
W. Hacker
0.78
40.0
September 1952
6
3
2
.600
5
2.25
13
3
1
1
27
10
10
3
4
0
1
147
0
2.93
0.90
3.25
0.68
8.8
2.7
.189
2.25
6.08
11 Ewell Blackwell
E. Blackwell
0.79
53.1
September 1950
7
4
2
.667
6
1.01
40
6
1
1
21
6
9
1
21
3
1
204
1
6.75
3.54
1.90
0.17
19.6
10.3
.144
1.52
3.54
12 Warren Hacker
W. Hacker
0.79
44.1
July 1952
6
5
1
.833
6
1.62
22
4
3
0
29
8
8
1
6
0
0
168
0
4.47
1.22
3.67
0.20
13.1
3.6
.201
1.62
5.89
13 Harvey Haddix
H. Haddix
0.79
51.2
May 1959
6
3
3
.500
6
2.09
40
4
0
0
34
12
14
2
7
0
0
4
194
0
6.97
1.22
5.71
0.35
20.6
3.6
.221
2.44
5.92
14 Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
0.80
45.0
June 1951
9
5
0
1.000
5
1.20
24
4
3
2
30
6
7
0
6
0
4
166
0
4.80
1.20
4.00
0.00
14.5
3.6
.221
1.40
6.00
15 Art Ditmar
A. Ditmar
0.80
48.2
August 1959
7
3
2
.600
6
1.11
26
2
1
0
28
6
9
2
11
2
0
1
185
0
4.81
2.03
2.36
0.37
14.1
5.9
.181
1.66
5.18
16 Paul Foytack
P. Foytack
0.80
61.0
September 1958
7
5
2
.714
7
1.77
40
6
0
0
28
12
12
2
21
0
0
1
229
0
5.90
3.10
1.90
0.30
17.5
9.2
.157
1.77
4.13
17 Sal Maglie
S. Maglie
0.80
56.0
September 1956
7
6
1
.857
7
1.77
28
3
1
0
38
11
11
5
7
3
0
0
209
0
4.50
1.13
4.00
0.80
13.4
3.3
.199
1.77
6.11
18 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
0.81
67.2
August 1956
9
7
1
.875
8
2.13
40
5
2
0
43
16
16
9
12
0
1
3
252
1
5.32
1.60
3.33
1.20
15.9
4.8
.178
2.13
5.72
19 Don Gross
D. Gross
0.82
52.2
May 1957
8
4
1
.800
5
1.88
23
4
0
0
35
11
11
5
8
1
0
2
199
1
3.93
1.37
2.88
0.85
11.6
4.0
.185
1.88
5.98
20 Mike Garcia
M. Garcia
0.82
52.1
June 1954
10
5
1
.833
6
1.20
30
4
3
1
27
7
10
0
16
1
3
199
0
5.16
2.75
1.88
0.00
15.1
8.0
.178
1.72
4.64
21 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
0.82
51.0
July 1956
7
6
0
1.000
7
2.65
22
4
1
0
33
15
16
5
9
0
0
1
193
0
3.88
1.59
2.44
0.88
11.4
4.7
.178
2.82
5.82
22 Arnie Portocarrero
A. Portocarrero
0.83
58.0
July 1958
7
5
1
.833
6
2.64
23
6
0
1
38
17
19
5
10
0
1
1
219
0
3.57
1.55
2.30
0.78
10.5
4.6
.182
2.95
5.90
23 Billy Pierce
B. Pierce
0.83
62.2
August 1953
8
5
2
.714
6
0.86
46
6
4
1
38
6
8
3
14
1
2
237
0
6.61
2.01
3.29
0.43
19.4
5.9
.202
1.15
5.46
24 Bob Rush
B. Rush
0.84
55.0
May 1952
6
6
0
1.000
6
0.65
30
6
3
0
29
4
5
1
17
0
0
206
1
4.91
2.78
1.76
0.16
14.6
8.3
.177
0.82
4.75
25 Lew Burdette
L. Burdette
0.84
41.2
May 1954
5
4
1
.800
5
1.73
18
4
1
0
23
8
9
2
12
1
0
150
0
3.89
2.59
1.50
0.43
12.0
8.0
.179
1.94
4.97
StatMuse has game-level data for WHIP and innings pitched going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

More White Sox Stats

Team Rankings

HR

47

28th

R

201

27th

SO

425

28th

ERA

4.09

21st

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
38
21
.644
Guardians Guardians
31
26
.544
6.0
Twins Twins
31
26
.544
6.0
Royals Royals
31
28
.525
7.0
White Sox White Sox
18
41
.305
20.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/2
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Tue
6/3
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Wed
6/4
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Thu
6/5
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Fri
6/6
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Last Game
BAL Orioles

22 - 36

3

Final

2

CWS White Sox

18 - 41

Sun 1 Jun 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
35
22
.614
Rays Rays
30
28
.517
5.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
38
21
.644
Guardians Guardians
31
26
.544
6.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
31
26
.544
Astros Astros
31
27
.534
0.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
37
22
.627
Phillies Phillies
36
22
.621
0.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
36
22
.621
Cardinals Cardinals
33
26
.559
3.5
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
36
22
.621
Padres Padres
32
24
.571
3.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/16
NYM NYM
@
NYY NYY
3-2
Fri
5/16
CWS CWS
@
CHC CHC
3-7
Fri
5/16
DET DET
@
TOR TOR
1-2
Fri
5/16
TBR TBR
@
MIA MIA
4-0
Fri
5/16
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
2-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/1
WSH WSH
@
AZ AZ
4:10 PM
Sun
6/1
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:10 PM
Sun
6/1
PIT PIT
@
SDP SDP
5:10 PM
Sun
6/1
NYY NYY
@
LAD LAD
7:10 PM
Mon
6/2
COL COL
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM