best whip sp single season >85 ip >10 gs athletics

Catfish Hunter has the lowest WHIP by an Oakland Athletics starting pitcher with more than 85.0 innings pitched and more than 10 starts in a season, with a WHIP of 0.91 in 1972.

NAME WHIP IP GS SEASON TM G W L W% 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 Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
0.91
293.1
37
1972
OAK OAK
37
20
7
.741
2.06
189
16
5
0
199
67
74
21
69
3
0
6
1,142
3
5.80
2.12
2.74
0.64
16.5
6.0
.207
2.27
6.11
2 Harry Krause
H. Krause
0.92
177.2
21
1909
PHA PHA
21
14
6
.700
118
16
7
0
122
35
2
41
11
0
674
2
5.98
2.08
2.88
0.10
17.5
6.1
.239
1.77
6.18
3 Chief Bender
C. Bender
0.92
247.0
28
1910
PHA PHA
28
22
5
.815
153
25
3
0
180
62
1
47
10
0
947
6
5.57
1.71
3.26
0.04
16.2
5.0
.243
2.26
6.56
4 Jeff Samardzija
J. Samardzija
0.93
111.2
16
2014
OAK OAK
16
5
6
.455
3.14
99
2
0
0
92
39
42
13
12
4
0
0
430
4
7.98
0.97
8.25
1.05
23.0
2.8
.262
3.39
7.41
5 Vida Blue
V. Blue
0.95
312.0
39
1971
OAK OAK
39
24
8
.750
1.82
301
24
8
0
209
63
73
19
88
4
0
3
1,207
10
8.68
2.54
3.42
0.55
24.9
7.3
.239
2.11
6.03
6 Chief Bender
C. Bender
0.97
245.0
29
1909
PHA PHA
29
18
8
.692
160
24
5
0
192
65
1
45
4
0
960
5
5.88
1.65
3.56
0.04
16.7
4.7
.255
2.39
7.05
7 Cy Morgan
C. Morgan
0.98
224.2
26
1909
PHA PHA
26
15
10
.600
79
21
5
0
151
51
3
69
16
0
876
6
3.16
2.76
1.14
0.12
9.0
7.9
.209
2.04
6.05
8 Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
0.99
318.1
41
1974
OAK OAK
41
25
12
.676
2.49
143
23
6
0
268
88
97
25
46
4
0
2
1,240
1
4.04
1.30
3.11
0.71
11.5
3.7
.238
2.74
7.58
9 Chief Bender
C. Bender
0.99
199.1
24
1907
PHA PHA
24
16
6
.727
115
20
4
0
168
59
1
29
3
0
3
5.19
1.31
3.97
0.05
4.1
.301
2.66
7.59
10 Justin Duchscherer
J. Duchscherer
1.00
141.2
22
2008
OAK OAK
22
10
8
.556
2.54
95
1
1
0
107
40
45
11
34
8
0
2
557
1
6.04
2.16
2.79
0.70
17.1
6.1
.235
2.86
6.80
11 Jimmy Dygert
J. Dygert
1.01
206.2
28
1907
PHA PHA
28
18
6
.750
124
18
5
0
146
64
2
62
13
0
6
5.40
2.70
2.00
0.09
10.1
.350
2.79
6.36
12 Eddie Plank
E. Plank
1.01
220.0
28
1908
PHA PHA
28
12
14
.462
122
21
4
0
181
68
1
42
9
0
882
7
4.99
1.72
2.90
0.04
13.8
4.8
.254
2.78
7.40
13 Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
1.02
290.0
34
1905
PHA PHA
34
19
10
.655
252
27
7
0
213
81
5
84
9
0
6
7.82
2.61
3.00
0.16
8.3
.312
2.51
6.61
14 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
1.03
332.0
38
1910
PHA PHA
38
27
8
.771
214
35
13
0
227
62
0
114
7
0
1,297
10
5.80
3.09
1.88
0.00
16.5
8.8
.236
1.68
6.15
15 Chief Bender
C. Bender
1.03
137.2
17
1908
PHA PHA
17
8
9
.471
86
14
2
0
121
48
1
21
3
0
552
2
5.62
1.37
4.10
0.07
15.6
3.8
.272
3.14
7.91
16 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
1.04
188.1
24
1909
PHA PHA
24
12
8
.600
92
18
6
0
137
53
1
58
8
0
747
3
4.40
2.77
1.59
0.05
12.3
7.8
.231
2.53
6.55
17 Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
1.04
383.0
46
1904
PHA PHA
46
25
19
.568
1.62
349
39
8
0
307
69
109
5
91
14
0
8
8.20
2.14
3.84
0.12
6.4
.312
2.56
7.21
18 Jim Nash
J. Nash
1.04
224.1
33
1968
OAK OAK
33
13
13
.500
2.33
168
12
6
0
181
58
63
18
53
3
0
10
891
4
6.74
2.13
3.17
0.72
18.9
5.9
.251
2.53
7.26
19 Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
1.04
239.2
33
1907
PHA PHA
33
16
13
.552
197
20
7
0
190
96
1
60
13
0
5
7.40
2.25
3.28
0.04
8.4
.430
3.61
7.13
20 Eddie Plank
E. Plank
1.05
262.2
33
1909
PHA PHA
33
19
10
.655
131
24
3
0
213
72
1
62
8
0
1,046
4
4.49
2.12
2.11
0.03
12.5
5.9
.251
2.47
7.30
21 Bobby Shantz
B. Shantz
1.05
279.2
33
1952
PHA PHA
33
24
7
.774
2.48
152
27
5
0
230
77
87
21
63
4
0
1,101
0
4.89
2.03
2.41
0.68
13.8
5.7
.243
2.80
7.40
22 Mike Norris
M. Norris
1.05
284.1
33
1980
OAK OAK
33
22
9
.710
2.53
180
24
1
0
215
80
88
18
83
6
0
2
1,135
9
5.70
2.63
2.17
0.57
15.9
7.3
.232
2.79
6.81
23 Eddie Plank
E. Plank
1.05
208.2
25
1906
PHA PHA
25
19
5
.792
108
21
5
0
171
66
0
49
12
0
3
4.66
2.11
2.20
0.00
6.6
.300
2.85
7.38
24 Chris Bassitt
C. Bassitt
1.06
157.1
27
2021
OAK OAK
27
12
4
.750
3.15
159
1
1
0
127
55
55
15
39
11
0
1
637
5
9.10
2.23
4.08
0.86
25.0
6.1
.271
3.15
7.26
25 Eddie Plank
E. Plank
1.06
344.2
41
1905
PHA PHA
41
24
12
.667
213
35
4
0
290
113
3
74
24
0
8
5.56
1.93
2.88
0.08
5.9
.307
2.95
7.57
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