lowest whip by a starting pitcher in a single season with 200+ innings pitched from 1930 to 1970

Between the 1930 and 1970 seasons, Luis Tiant had the lowest WHIP by a starting pitcher with 200.0+ innings pitched in a season, with a WHIP of 0.84 in 1968.

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 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
0.84
253.0
1968
CLE CLE
32
21
8
.724
32
1.57
256
19
9
0
143
44
51
15
70
4
0
3
960
3
9.11
2.49
3.66
0.53
26.7
7.3
.208
1.81
5.09
2 Dave McNally
D. McNally
0.84
273.0
1968
BAL BAL
35
22
10
.688
35
1.95
202
18
5
0
175
59
67
24
55
10
0
1
1,038
5
6.66
1.81
3.67
0.79
19.5
5.3
.202
2.21
5.77
3 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
0.85
304.2
1968
STL STL
34
22
9
.710
34
1.12
268
28
13
0
198
38
49
11
62
7
0
6
1,161
4
7.92
1.83
4.32
0.32
23.1
5.3
.230
1.45
5.85
4 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
0.86
333.2
1965
LAD LAD
41
26
8
.765
41
2.05
380
27
8
0
215
76
90
26
71
5
0
4
1,290
11
10.25
1.92
5.35
0.70
29.5
5.5
.234
2.43
5.80
5 Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
0.86
306.0
1966
SFG SFG
36
24
6
.800
36
2.24
221
25
4
0
228
76
88
32
36
5
0
3
1,176
3
6.50
1.06
6.14
0.94
18.8
3.1
.222
2.59
6.71
6 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
0.87
311.0
1963
LAD LAD
40
25
5
.833
40
1.88
306
20
11
0
214
65
68
18
58
3
0
7
1,210
6
8.86
1.68
5.28
0.52
25.3
4.8
.238
1.97
6.19
7 Joe Horlen
J. Horlen
0.90
201.2
1964
CWS CWS
28
12
9
.571
28
1.83
134
9
2
0
130
41
50
10
52
4
0
4
776
3
5.98
2.32
2.58
0.45
17.3
6.7
.208
2.23
5.80
8 Denny McLain
D. McLain
0.90
336.0
1968
DET DET
41
31
6
.838
41
1.96
280
28
6
0
241
73
86
31
63
6
0
2
1,288
3
7.50
1.69
4.44
0.83
21.7
4.9
.231
2.30
6.46
9 Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
0.91
292.0
1965
SFG SFG
37
21
13
.618
37
2.16
238
24
10
0
222
70
78
27
45
4
0
4
1,140
2
7.34
1.39
5.29
0.83
20.9
3.9
.236
2.40
6.84
10 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
0.94
220.0
1964
LAD LAD
28
19
5
.792
28
1.76
221
15
7
0
153
43
49
13
53
0
0
5
860
9
9.04
2.17
4.17
0.53
25.7
6.2
.244
2.00
6.26
11 Dick Hughes
D. Hughes
0.94
209.2
1967
STL STL
27
15
6
.714
27
2.58
148
12
3
0
156
60
66
20
41
5
0
5
820
6
6.35
1.76
3.61
0.86
18.0
5.0
.224
2.83
6.70
12 Joe Horlen
J. Horlen
0.95
258.0
1967
CWS CWS
35
19
7
.731
35
2.06
103
13
6
0
188
59
66
13
58
4
0
4
996
5
3.59
2.02
1.78
0.45
10.3
5.8
.214
2.30
6.56
13 Don Drysdale
D. Drysdale
0.96
321.1
1964
LAD LAD
40
18
16
.529
40
2.18
237
21
5
0
242
78
91
15
68
10
0
9
1,264
11
6.64
1.90
3.49
0.42
18.8
5.4
.243
2.55
6.78
14 Bill Hands
B. Hands
0.97
246.2
1968
CHC CHC
34
16
9
.640
34
2.70
137
11
4
0
206
74
81
26
33
5
0
0
960
4
5.00
1.20
4.15
0.95
14.3
3.4
.237
2.96
7.52
15 Jim Merritt
J. Merritt
0.97
213.2
1967
MIN MIN
28
12
7
.632
28
2.53
149
11
4
0
183
60
66
20
25
5
0
5
848
9
6.28
1.05
5.96
0.84
17.6
2.9
.251
2.78
7.71
16 Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
0.98
276.0
1942
SLN SLN
35
22
6
.786
35
1.73
151
22
10
0
203
53
71
8
67
5
0
1,086
5
4.92
2.18
2.25
0.26
13.9
6.2
.228
2.32
6.62
17 Gary Peters
G. Peters
0.98
202.1
1966
CWS CWS
27
12
9
.571
27
2.00
126
11
4
0
154
45
53
11
44
3
0
5
791
11
5.60
1.96
2.86
0.49
15.9
5.6
.236
2.36
6.85
18 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
0.98
277.0
1968
NYM NYM
35
16
12
.571
35
2.21
204
14
5
0
224
68
73
15
48
8
0
5
1,085
7
6.63
1.56
4.25
0.49
18.8
4.4
.258
2.37
7.28
19 Tiny Bonham
T. Bonham
0.98
224.0
1942
NYY NYY
27
20
5
.800
27
2.29
70
22
6
0
197
57
65
11
23
1
0
866
1
2.81
0.92
3.04
0.44
8.1
2.7
.244
2.61
7.92
20 Pat Jarvis
P. Jarvis
0.98
256.0
1968
ATL ATL
34
16
12
.571
34
2.60
157
14
1
0
202
74
82
15
50
2
0
5
1,018
5
5.52
1.76
3.14
0.53
15.4
4.9
.236
2.88
7.10
21 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
0.98
323.0
1966
LAD LAD
41
27
9
.750
41
1.73
317
27
5
0
241
62
74
19
77
0
0
4
1,274
7
8.83
2.15
4.12
0.53
24.9
6.0
.258
2.06
6.72
22 Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
0.99
298.2
1969
SFG SFG
36
21
11
.656
36
2.08
203
27
8
0
242
69
89
15
54
6
0
7
1,171
5
6.12
1.63
3.76
0.45
17.3
4.6
.254
2.68
7.29
23 Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
0.99
253.0
1943
NYY NYY
30
20
4
.833
30
1.64
134
20
5
0
197
46
62
5
54
4
0
988
3
4.77
1.92
2.48
0.18
13.6
5.5
.243
2.21
7.01
24 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
0.99
260.2
1956
BKN BKN
36
25
7
.781
36
3.11
138
18
5
0
213
90
99
33
46
3
0
8
1,024
3
4.76
1.59
3.00
1.14
13.5
4.5
.224
3.42
7.35
25 Dean Chance
D. Chance
0.99
285.2
1968
MIN MIN
39
16
16
.500
39
2.58
230
15
6
0
222
82
96
15
62
10
0
8
1,139
12
7.25
1.95
3.71
0.47
20.2
5.4
.252
3.02
6.99
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