Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, J.R. Richard had the lowest WHIP, with a WHIP of 0.92.

Interpreted as:

best whip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a pitcher in the 80's

	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	J.R. Richard	0.92	17	10	4	.714	17	1.90	119	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	31	2	40	0	0	1	438	2	9.42	3.17	2.98	0.16	27.2	9.1	.227	2.45	56	1.93	56	5.15	19.9
2	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.11	177	100	39	.719	175	2.64	1,168	52	19	1	1291.0	1,053	379	423	65	379	18	1	17	5,215	26	8.14	2.64	3.08	0.45	22.4	7.3	.276	2.95	75	2.52	70	7.34	155.6
3	Todd Burns T. Burns	1.11	67	14	7	.667	16	2.71	106	2	0	9	199.0	159	60	65	11	62	2	25	6	799	7	4.79	2.80	1.71	0.50	13.3	7.8	.239	2.94	73	3.38	91	7.19	7.1
4	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	1.11	81	31	20	.608	62	2.82	375	14	9	5	443.2	355	139	157	30	138	9	12	12	1,791	11	7.61	2.80	2.72	0.61	20.9	7.7	.262	3.18	83	2.95	84	7.20	27.7
5	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	1.12	31	5	8	.385	12	3.77	96	0	0	1	102.2	81	43	46	8	34	0	7	4	411	16	8.42	2.98	2.82	0.70	23.4	8.3	.267	4.03	111	2.89	82	7.10	7.3
6	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1.13	204	92	61	.601	178	3.23	870	52	12	1	1329.0	1,240	477	522	105	258	17	13	19	5,375	32	5.89	1.75	3.37	0.71	16.2	4.8	.275	3.53	78	3.10	78	8.40	129.3
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.14	175	95	45	.679	174	3.06	1,215	58	21	0	1284.2	1,088	437	476	95	371	32	0	16	5,243	31	8.51	2.60	3.27	0.67	23.2	7.1	.281	3.33	73	2.79	69	7.62	178.3
8	John Fulgham J. Fulgham	1.15	15	4	6	.400	14	3.38	48	4	1	0	85.1	66	32	33	7	32	1	0	1	338	1	5.06	3.38	1.50	0.74	14.2	9.5	.236	3.48	93	3.85	109	6.96	-3.1
9	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1.15	231	98	64	.605	191	2.69	1,011	58	23	5	1457.0	1,240	435	508	75	434	31	18	53	5,957	51	6.25	2.68	2.33	0.46	17.0	7.3	.264	3.14	76	3.00	84	7.66	94.8
10	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1.15	169	69	45	.605	163	3.22	972	15	5	1	1033.0	764	370	399	87	424	25	1	19	4,243	17	8.47	3.69	2.29	0.76	22.9	10.0	.248	3.48	92	3.28	91	6.66	36.8
11	Rudy May R. May	1.16	124	28	27	.509	45	3.30	313	7	1	7	447.1	412	164	185	29	106	4	40	8	1,828	19	6.30	2.13	2.95	0.58	17.1	5.8	.278	3.72	88	2.87	75	8.29	50.4
12	Mario Soto M. Soto	1.16	255	94	84	.528	213	3.37	1,360	70	12	4	1614.1	1,289	604	664	157	588	24	11	41	6,633	33	7.58	3.28	2.31	0.88	20.5	8.9	.251	3.70	91	3.44	93	7.19	44.2
13	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	1.16	637	53	43	.552	0	2.67	364	0	0	239	996.2	1,009	296	328	53	152	7	530	63	4,047	3	3.29	1.37	2.39	0.48	9.0	3.8	.275	2.96	67	3.17	81	9.11	83.5
14	Tim Burke T. Burke	1.17	330	37	19	.661	2	2.48	323	0	0	76	479.1	405	132	147	32	154	14	177	53	1,971	17	6.06	2.89	2.10	0.60	16.4	7.8	.258	2.76	69	3.33	91	7.60	19.7
15	John Smiley J. Smiley	1.17	137	31	24	.564	60	3.46	319	13	2	4	497.0	432	191	214	46	149	7	21	17	2,048	16	5.78	2.70	2.14	0.83	15.6	7.3	.253	3.88	97	3.63	99	7.82	1.7
16	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	1.17	154	78	44	.639	152	3.28	857	46	11	0	1085.0	941	395	431	96	331	18	2	13	4,451	11	7.11	2.75	2.59	0.80	19.3	7.4	.268	3.58	78	3.30	81	7.81	92.8
17	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1.18	272	107	86	.554	270	3.53	1,050	26	8	1	1765.2	1,655	693	754	190	424	23	1	22	7,277	28	5.35	2.16	2.48	0.97	14.4	5.8	.262	3.84	93	3.70	96	8.44	26.9
18	Craig Lefferts C. Lefferts	1.18	472	32	39	.451	5	3.00	422	0	0	54	683.2	600	228	257	62	205	8	183	40	2,786	21	5.56	2.70	2.06	0.82	15.1	7.4	.258	3.38	83	3.64	97	7.90	7.7
19	Bryn Smith B. Smith	1.18	284	81	71	.533	193	3.28	838	20	8	6	1400.1	1,310	511	592	108	341	31	34	37	5,770	26	5.39	2.19	2.46	0.69	14.5	5.9	.270	3.80	91	3.35	92	8.42	46.6
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1.18	370	88	88	.500	206	3.89	1,010	40	7	94	1593.2	1,576	688	741	170	303	29	132	37	6,583	8	5.70	1.71	3.33	0.96	15.3	4.6	.277	4.18	95	3.48	88	8.90	86.3
21	Mike Scott M. Scott	1.18	295	114	90	.559	276	3.42	1,324	41	20	3	1803.2	1,594	685	761	140	537	31	13	43	7,436	37	6.61	2.68	2.47	0.70	17.8	7.2	.269	3.80	98	3.23	93	7.95	53.3
22	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	1.18	200	25	16	.610	0	2.44	180	0	0	38	380.0	350	103	122	18	99	8	106	26	1,557	5	4.26	2.34	1.82	0.43	11.6	6.4	.265	2.89	60	3.22	81	8.29	33.1
23	Jimmy Key J. Key	1.19	224	74	49	.602	157	3.36	614	22	6	10	1115.0	1,043	416	459	109	279	16	24	20	4,570	25	4.96	2.25	2.20	0.88	13.4	6.1	.263	3.70	81	3.73	91	8.42	46.6
24	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	1.19	124	47	39	.547	115	3.35	446	12	7	0	771.2	700	287	316	77	215	12	3	10	3,156	14	5.20	2.51	2.07	0.90	14.1	6.8	.259	3.69	91	3.80	100	8.16	-0.5
25	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	1.19	629	56	60	.483	0	3.06	712	0	0	264	871.2	745	296	314	80	292	18	507	54	3,621	16	7.35	3.01	2.44	0.83	19.7	8.1	.264	3.24	81	3.36	90	7.69	35.3