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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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