Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring At least 698 Games), sorted by greatest whip

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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
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    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 
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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
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   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 
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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
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   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 
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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
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   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 

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