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Cnt Player **WHIP** G From To Ages GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Dave Weathers 1.484 825 1991 2008 21-38 69 0 0 276 65 76 .461 74 1246 1303 655 598 546 893 4.32 101 117 5496 68 52 5 39 TOR-FLA-TOT-MIL-NYM-TOT-CIN 2 Buddy Groom 1.477 786 1992 2005 26-39 15 0 0 195 31 32 .492 27 734.2 825 403 379 260 494 4.64 97 73 3226 36 21 4 20 DET-TOT-OAK-BAL 3 Julian Tavarez 1.476 734 1993 2007 20-34 108 2 0 160 84 70 .545 22 1314.2 1433 739 646 508 759 4.42 102 107 5786 66 91 10 39 CLE-SFG-COL-CHC-FLA-PIT-STL-BOS 4 Jose Mesa 1.472 1022 1987 2007 21-41 95 6 2 633 80 109 .423 321 1548.2 1629 811 750 651 1038 4.36 100 151 6804 57 55 5 75 BAL-TOT-CLE-SEA-PHI-PIT-COL 5 Johnny Klippstein 1.470 711 1950 1967 22-39 161 37 6 275 101 118 .461 66 1967.2 1915 1059 927 978 1158 4.24 94 203 8656 70 70 6 97 CHC-CIN-TOT-LAD-CLE-WSA-PHI-TOT-MIN-DET 6 Mike Myers 1.442 883 1995 2007 26-38 0 0 0 195 25 24 .510 14 541.2 525 278 258 256 429 4.29 111 58 2385 33 43 2 10 TOT-DET-MIL-COL-ARI-TOT-BOS-NYY 7 Eric Plunk 1.439 714 1986 1999 22-35 41 0 0 234 72 58 .554 35 1151 1009 537 488 647 1081 3.82 111 122 5030 45 32 24 75 OAK-TOT-NYY-CLE-MIL 8 Paul Quantrill 1.416 841 1992 2005 23-36 64 1 1 228 68 78 .466 21 1255.2 1442 601 534 336 725 3.83 117 112 5428 68 45 8 5 BOS-TOT-PHI-TOR-LAD-NYY 9 Todd Jones 1.403 938 1993 2008 25-40 1 0 0 582 54 62 .466 301 1031.1 1022 488 450 425 855 3.93 112 88 4460 59 34 1 39 HOU-DET-TOT-COL-FLA 10 Bob Wickman 1.400 835 1992 2007 23-38 28 1 1 511 63 61 .508 267 1059 1051 469 420 432 785 3.57 125 80 4586 45 38 2 32 NYY-TOT-MIL-CLE 11 Mark Guthrie 1.400 765 1989 2003 23-37 43 3 1 168 51 54 .486 14 978.2 989 489 440 381 778 4.05 106 101 4211 53 22 5 63 MIN-TOT-LAD-OAK-NYM-CHC 12 Bob McClure 1.400 698 1975 1993 23-41 73 12 1 233 68 57 .544 52 1158.2 1125 551 490 497 701 3.81 102 104 5005 39 34 30 29 KCR-MIL-TOT-MON-CAL-TOT-STL-FLA 13 Kenny Rogers 1.390 732 1989 2007 24-42 444 36 9 133 210 143 .595 28 3129 3245 1621 1458 1104 1886 4.19 110 317 13498 50 118 22 75 TEX-NYY-OAK-TOT-TEX-MIN-DET 14 Roger McDowell 1.386 723 1985 1996 24-35 2 0 0 430 70 70 .500 159 1050 1045 454 385 410 524 3.30 114 50 4517 98 28 11 37 NYM-TOT-PHI-LAD-TEX-BAL 15 Greg Minton 1.384 710 1975 1990 23-38 7 0 0 415 59 65 .476 150 1130.2 1082 452 389 483 479 3.10 118 43 4810 131 16 9 56 SFG-TOT-CAL 16 Steve Kline 1.383 796 1997 2007 24-34 1 0 0 231 34 39 .466 39 682.1 649 293 266 295 493 3.51 124 60 2940 48 26 4 26 TOT-MON-STL-BAL-SFG 17 Jeff Fassero 1.380 720 1991 2006 28-43 242 17 2 146 121 124 .494 25 2033.2 2083 1042 929 724 1643 4.11 107 214 8810 50 37 8 86 MON-SEA-TOT-BOS-CHC-TOT-STL-SFG 18 Ron Kline 1.369 736 1952 1970 20-38 203 44 8 338 114 144 .442 108 2078 2113 991 866 731 989 3.75 101 218 8868 118 33 7 59 PIT-STL-TOT-DET-WSA-MIN-PIT-TOT-ATL 19 Roberto Hernandez 1.367 1010 1991 2007 26-42 3 0 0 667 67 71 .486 326 1071.1 1002 475 411 462 945 3.45 131 96 4632 53 35 1 50 CHW-TOT-TBD-KCR-ATL-PHI-NYM 20 Darold Knowles 1.361 765 1965 1980 23-38 8 1 1 417 66 74 .471 143 1092 1006 437 378 480 681 3.12 112 65 4658 85 38 11 30 BAL-PHI-WSA-TOT-OAK-CHC-TEX-MON-STL 21 Tom Gordon 1.356 854 1988 2008 20-40 203 18 4 339 133 122 .522 156 2077 1859 998 911 958 1902 3.95 113 173 8915 56 38 5 106 KCR-BOS-CHC-TOT-CHW-NYY-PHI 22 Mike Stanton 1.352 1178 1989 2007 22-40 1 0 0 363 68 63 .519 84 1114 1086 523 485 420 895 3.92 112 93 4762 76 33 9 35 ATL-TOT-NYY-NYM-CIN 23 Jeff Nelson 1.352 798 1992 2006 25-39 0 0 0 237 48 45 .516 33 784.2 633 329 297 428 829 3.41 132 55 3402 59 64 3 36 SEA-NYY-TOT-TEX-SEA-CHW 24 Greg Harris 1.350 703 1981 1995 25-39 98 4 0 266 74 90 .451 54 1467 1329 689 601 652 1141 3.69 112 129 6293 86 54 13 72 NYM-CIN-TOT-TEX-PHI-TOT-BOS-MON 25 Dave Righetti 1.338 718 1979 1995 20-36 89 13 2 474 82 79 .509 252 1403.2 1287 602 540 591 1112 3.46 113 95 5988 48 21 19 40 NYY-SFG-TOT-CHW ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **WHIP** G From To Ages GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 John Franco 1.333 1119 1984 2005 23-44 0 0 0 774 90 87 .508 424 1245.2 1166 466 400 495 975 2.89 137 81 5312 78 22 9 54 CIN-NYM-HOU 27 Ron Perranoski 1.332 737 1961 1973 25-37 1 0 0 458 79 74 .516 179 1174.2 1097 442 364 468 687 2.79 123 50 5023 121 24 4 28 LAD-MIN-TOT-CAL 28 Gary Lavelle 1.331 745 1974 1987 25-38 3 0 0 399 80 77 .510 136 1085 1004 413 353 440 769 2.93 125 51 4604 126 13 18 19 SFG-TOR-TOT 29 Bill Campbell 1.329 700 1973 1987 24-38 9 2 1 455 83 68 .550 126 1229.1 1139 550 484 495 864 3.54 111 82 5239 100 20 6 47 MIN-BOS-CHC-PHI-STL-DET-MON 30 Paul Assenmacher 1.323 884 1986 1999 25-38 1 0 0 275 61 44 .581 56 855.2 817 371 336 315 807 3.53 117 73 3664 78 22 5 31 ATL-TOT-CHC-CHW-CLE 31 Alan Embree 1.319 778 1992 2008 22-38 4 0 0 201 35 38 .479 25 690 659 375 345 251 624 4.50 97 84 2944 28 17 4 20 CLE-ATL-TOT-SFG-BOS-TOT-SDP-OAK 32 Joe Niekro 1.319 702 1967 1988 22-43 500 107 29 93 221 204 .520 16 3584 3466 1620 1431 1262 1747 3.59 97 276 15166 71 65 8 172 CHC-TOT-DET-ATL-HOU-NYY-MIN 33 Eddie Guardado 1.316 797 1993 2008 22-37 25 0 0 376 41 55 .427 183 851 806 430 408 314 746 4.31 108 126 3622 36 14 2 23 MIN-SEA-TOT-CIN-TEX 34 Rick Honeycutt 1.315 797 1977 1997 23-43 268 47 11 118 109 143 .433 38 2160 2183 1034 893 657 1038 3.72 104 185 9141 81 50 23 45 SEA-TEX-TOT-LAD-OAK-TOT-STL 35 Randy Myers 1.304 728 1985 1998 22-35 12 1 0 548 44 63 .411 347 884.2 758 338 314 396 884 3.19 122 69 3744 43 12 2 32 NYM-CIN-SDP-CHC-BAL-TOT 36 Charlie Hough 1.302 858 1970 1994 22-46 440 107 13 240 216 216 .500 61 3801.1 3283 1807 1582 1665 2362 3.75 107 383 16170 44 174 42 179 LAD-TOT-TEX-CHW-FLA 37 Jack Quinn 1.300 756 1909 1933 25-49 444 243 28 216 247 218 .531 57 3920.1 4238 1835 1433 860 1329 3.29 114 102 16493 94 5 59 NYY-BSN-BAL-CHW-NYY-BOS-TOT-PHA-BRO-CIN 38 Steve Bedrosian 1.296 732 1981 1995 23-37 46 0 0 439 76 79 .490 184 1191 1026 496 447 518 921 3.38 114 114 5044 75 27 4 33 ATL-PHI-TOT-SFG-MIN-ATL 39 Mike Marshall 1.294 723 1967 1981 24-38 24 3 1 549 97 112 .464 188 1386.2 1281 548 484 514 880 3.14 118 79 5842 52 31 7 72 DET-SEP-TOT-MON-LAD-TOT-MIN-NYM 40 Dan Plesac 1.286 1064 1986 2003 24-41 14 0 0 422 65 71 .478 158 1072 977 478 433 402 1041 3.64 117 105 4539 54 17 10 41 MIL-CHC-PIT-TOR-TOT-ARI-PHI 41 Clay Carroll 1.284 731 1964 1978 23-37 28 1 0 373 96 73 .568 143 1353.1 1296 506 442 442 681 2.94 121 67 5673 112 37 5 41 MLN-ATL-TOT-CIN-CHW-TOT-PIT 42 Tommy John 1.283 760 1963 1989 20-46 700 162 46 22 288 231 .555 4 4710.1 4783 2017 1749 1259 2245 3.34 110 302 19692 102 98 16 187 CLE-CHW-LAD-NYY-TOT-CAL 43 Tom Burgmeier 1.283 745 1968 1984 24-40 3 0 0 370 79 55 .590 102 1258.2 1231 521 452 384 584 3.23 118 94 5272 55 32 7 23 CAL-KCR-MIN-BOS-OAK 44 Sparky Lyle 1.275 899 1967 1982 22-37 0 0 0 634 99 76 .566 238 1390.1 1292 519 445 481 873 2.88 127 84 5794 81 14 10 66 BOS-NYY-TEX-TOT-PHI 45 Lindy McDaniel 1.272 987 1955 1975 19-39 74 18 2 577 141 119 .542 172 2139.1 2099 934 821 623 1361 3.45 109 172 8971 136 15 5 112 STL-CHC-SFG-TOT-NYY-KCR 46 Mike Timlin 1.268 1011 1991 2007 25-41 4 0 0 441 71 69 .507 140 1155 1108 501 455 357 840 3.55 128 109 4855 68 46 3 30 TOR-TOT-SEA-BAL-STL-BOS 47 Danny Darwin 1.268 716 1978 1998 22-42 371 53 9 171 171 182 .484 32 3016.2 2951 1431 1286 874 1942 3.84 106 321 12716 101 81 17 52 TEX-MIL-TOT-HOU-BOS-TOT-SFG 48 Phil Niekro 1.268 864 1964 1987 25-48 716 245 45 83 318 274 .537 29 5404.1 5044 2337 2012 1809 3342 3.35 115 482 22677 86 123 42 226 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT 49 Gene Garber 1.264 931 1969 1988 21-40 9 4 0 609 96 113 .459 218 1510 1464 654 560 445 940 3.34 116 123 6327 155 37 10 30 PIT-KCR-TOT-PHI-ATL-TOT 50 Jesse Orosco 1.263 1252 1979 2003 22-46 4 0 0 501 87 80 .521 144 1295 1055 512 455 581 1179 3.16 125 113 5460 86 34 11 40 NYM-LAD-CLE-MIL-BAL-STL-TOT ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **WHIP** G From To Ages GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Steve Reed 1.259 833 1992 2005 27-40 0 0 0 197 49 44 .527 18 870.2 811 384 351 285 630 3.63 132 107 3662 46 61 5 11 SFG-COL-TOT-CLE-BAL 52 Jim Kaat 1.259 898 1959 1983 20-44 625 180 31 102 283 237 .544 18 4530.1 4620 2038 1738 1083 2461 3.45 107 395 19021 116 122 6 128 WSH-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI-TOT-STL 53 Lee Smith 1.256 1022 1980 1997 22-39 6 0 0 802 71 92 .436 478 1289.1 1133 475 434 486 1251 3.03 131 89 5387 100 10 4 47 CHC-BOS-TOT-STL-BAL-CAL-TOT-MON 54 Tug McGraw 1.254 824 1965 1984 20-39 39 5 1 541 96 92 .511 180 1514.2 1318 597 528 582 1109 3.14 116 108 6313 128 22 4 63 NYM-PHI 55 Stu Miller 1.253 704 1952 1968 24-40 93 24 5 405 105 103 .505 154 1694 1522 697 610 600 1164 3.24 115 140 7083 114 39 3 25 STL-TOT-NYG-SFG-BAL-ATL 56 Kent Tekulve 1.250 1050 1974 1989 27-42 0 0 0 638 94 90 .511 184 1436.1 1305 526 455 491 779 2.85 132 63 6001 179 17 3 23 PIT-TOT-PHI-CIN 57 Larry Andersen 1.249 699 1975 1994 22-41 1 0 0 267 40 39 .506 49 995.1 932 402 348 311 758 3.15 120 58 4171 64 17 7 21 CLE-SEA-PHI-TOT-HOU-SDP-PHI 58 Nolan Ryan 1.247 807 1966 1993 19-46 773 222 61 13 324 292 .526 3 5386 3923 2178 1911 2795 5714 3.19 111 321 22575 78 158 33 277 NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX 59 Steve Carlton 1.247 741 1965 1988 20-43 709 254 55 13 329 244 .574 2 5217.1 4672 2130 1864 1833 4136 3.22 115 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 60 Don McMahon 1.246 874 1957 1974 27-44 2 0 0 506 90 68 .570 153 1310.2 1054 482 431 579 1003 2.96 119 105 5503 84 34 5 75 MLN-TOT-HOU-CLE-SFG 61 Willie Hernandez 1.245 744 1977 1989 22-34 11 0 0 419 70 63 .526 147 1044.2 952 431 392 349 788 3.38 118 97 4366 79 25 10 37 CHC-TOT-DET 62 Jeff Montgomery 1.244 700 1987 1999 25-37 1 0 0 549 46 52 .469 304 868.2 785 347 316 296 733 3.27 134 81 3637 40 26 10 33 CIN-KCR 63 Doug Jones 1.243 846 1982 2000 25-43 4 0 0 640 69 79 .466 303 1128.1 1155 465 414 247 909 3.30 129 86 4754 53 39 6 18 MIL-CLE-HOU-PHI-BAL-TOT-MIL-OAK 64 Roy Face 1.243 848 1953 1969 25-41 27 6 0 574 104 95 .523 193 1375 1347 591 531 362 877 3.48 109 141 5691 106 14 2 32 PIT-TOT-MON 65 Rich Gossage 1.232 1002 1972 1994 20-42 37 16 0 681 124 107 .537 310 1809.1 1497 670 605 732 1502 3.01 126 119 7506 90 47 5 63 CHW-PIT-NYY-SDP-CHC-TOT-TEX-OAK-SEA 66 Rick Aguilera 1.227 732 1985 2000 23-38 89 10 0 557 86 81 .515 318 1291.1 1233 568 512 351 1030 3.57 117 138 5391 42 36 10 53 NYM-TOT-MIN-CHC 67 Armando Benitez 1.219 754 1994 2007 21-34 0 0 0 525 40 46 .465 289 772.2 541 291 267 401 937 3.11 140 92 3227 32 16 5 18 BAL-NYM-TOT-FLA-SFG-TOT 68 Mike Jackson 1.218 1005 1986 2004 21-39 7 0 0 422 62 67 .481 142 1188.1 983 492 451 464 1006 3.42 125 127 4966 80 56 27 39 PHI-SEA-SFG-CIN-CLE-HOU-MIN-CHW 69 Ron Reed 1.214 751 1966 1984 23-41 236 55 8 300 146 140 .510 103 2477.2 2374 1084 953 633 1481 3.46 108 182 10305 124 50 1 72 ATL-TOT-PHI-CHW 70 Jeff Reardon 1.199 880 1979 1994 23-38 0 0 0 695 73 77 .487 367 1132.1 1000 426 397 358 877 3.16 121 109 4720 65 27 4 20 NYM-TOT-MON-MIN-BOS-CIN-NYY 71 Warren Spahn 1.195 750 1942 1965 21-44 665 382 63 68 363 245 .597 29 5243.2 4830 2016 1798 1434 2583 3.09 118 434 21547 60 42 5 81 BSN-MLN-TOT 72 Gaylord Perry 1.181 777 1962 1983 23-44 690 303 53 33 314 265 .542 11 5350.1 4938 2128 1846 1379 3534 3.11 117 399 21953 164 108 6 160 SFG-CLE-TOT-TEX-SDP-TOT-ATL-SEA 73 Roger Clemens 1.173 709 1984 2007 21-44 707 118 46 0 354 184 .658 0 4916.2 4185 1885 1707 1580 4672 3.12 143 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU 74 John Smoltz 1.170 702 1988 2007 21-40 461 53 16 204 207 145 .588 154 3367 2954 1328 1221 984 2975 3.26 127 275 13810 81 54 16 143 ATL 75 Rod Beck 1.164 704 1991 2004 22-35 0 0 0 519 38 45 .458 286 768 703 308 282 191 644 3.30 123 97 3170 33 20 3 23 SFG-CHC-TOT-BOS-SDP ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **WHIP** G From To Ages GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 76 Dennis Eckersley 1.161 1071 1975 1998 20-43 361 100 20 577 197 171 .535 390 3285.2 3076 1382 1278 738 2401 3.50 116 347 13534 91 75 16 28 CLE-BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL 77 Rollie Fingers 1.156 944 1968 1985 21-38 37 4 2 709 114 118 .491 341 1701.1 1474 615 549 492 1299 2.90 119 123 6942 109 39 7 40 OAK-SDP-MIL 78 Don Sutton 1.142 774 1966 1988 21-43 756 178 58 12 324 256 .559 5 5282.1 4692 2104 1914 1343 3574 3.26 108 472 21631 102 82 21 112 LAD-HOU-TOT-MIL-CAL-LAD 79 Greg Maddux 1.141 711 1986 2007 20-41 707 109 35 3 347 214 .619 0 4814.1 4522 1876 1665 969 3273 3.11 134 332 19617 172 131 26 68 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 80 Hoyt Wilhelm 1.125 1070 1952 1972 29-49 52 20 5 651 143 122 .540 227 2254.1 1757 773 632 778 1610 2.52 146 150 9164 61 62 4 90 NYG-TOT-BAL-CHW-LAD 81 Walter Johnson 1.061 802 1907 1927 19-39 666 531 110 129 417 279 .599 34 5914.2 4913 1902 1424 1363 3509 2.17 147 97 23749 203 4 155 WSH 82 Trevor Hoffman 1.049 883 1993 2008 25-40 0 0 0 733 53 60 .469 525 943.2 725 317 286 265 1011 2.73 147 82 3797 51 8 0 45 TOT-SDP 83 Mariano Rivera 1.045 788 1995 2008 25-38 10 0 0 659 62 44 .585 444 954 759 270 249 238 858 2.35 194 49 3839 30 35 3 10 NYY 84 Billy Wagner 1.016 720 1995 2007 23-35 0 0 0 603 39 36 .520 358 771 523 226 206 260 1014 2.40 180 72 3085 23 29 1 38 HOU-PHI-NYM Seasons/Careers found: 84.
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