Lowest pitching WHIP for first four seasons
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A variety of good beginnings. Note the large number of pitchers who began their careers in 1966 or 1967, on the higher mound. Note #47.
A variety of good beginnings. Note the large number of pitchers who began their careers in 1966 or 1967, on the higher mound. Note #47.
Cnt Player **WHIP** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Jonathan Papelbon 0.922 205 2005 2008 24-27 179 3 0 0 147 12 9 .571 102 137 47 40 52 245 1.76 264 15 801 4 8 0 5 BOS 2 Dick Hughes 0.966 307.1 1966 1968 28-30 68 34 13 4 17 20 9 .690 8 221 101 95 76 230 2.78 116 29 1205 12 7 2 8 STL 3 Elmer Steele 0.969 229 1907 1910 21-24 39 25 13 1 11 9 15 .375 1 190 90 56 32 86 2.20 116 2 876 4 2 1 BOS-PIT 4 George McQuillan 1.000 800.2 1907 1910 22-25 119 92 66 17 22 49 39 .557 5 595 219 150 206 309 1.69 154 8 3089 11 0 11 PHI 5 Walter Johnson 1.003 1033 1907 1910 19-22 135 120 99 20 14 57 65 .467 3 803 314 199 233 708 1.73 139 3 4110 41 1 50 WSH 6 Rod Beck 1.010 272.1 1991 1994 22-25 220 0 0 0 170 9 9 .500 94 221 79 74 54 250 2.45 149 29 1082 10 6 2 9 SFG 7 Bruce Sutter 1.013 391 1976 1979 23-26 240 0 0 0 179 27 22 .551 105 281 121 101 115 418 2.32 177 22 1560 27 2 1 26 CHC 8 Addie Joss 1.019 1031.1 1902 1905 22-25 122 116 110 16 5 69 48 .590 0 863 365 250 188 441 2.18 132 9 4179 42 2 16 CLE 9 Ed Walsh 1.026 948 1904 1907 23-26 137 98 76 17 35 55 37 .598 6 767 301 198 206 505 1.88 131 5 3772 22 0 37 CHW 10 Luis DeLeon 1.030 271 1981 1984 22-25 166 0 0 0 87 17 14 .548 28 221 97 86 58 202 2.86 123 31 1082 20 6 0 2 STL-SDP 11 Vida Blue 1.032 543.2 1969 1972 19-22 82 72 31 14 1 33 19 .635 1 395 174 150 166 471 2.48 131 43 2151 7 6 1 13 OAK 12 Jack Pfiester 1.032 484.2 1903 1907 25-29 67 56 36 7 7 35 21 .625 0 370 163 96 130 264 1.78 146 4 1891 20 1 7 PIT-CHC 13 Francisco Rodrigu 1.033 243 2002 2005 20-23 199 0 0 0 114 14 9 .609 59 149 71 66 102 322 2.44 179 21 969 10 4 0 20 ANA-LAA 14 Troy Percival 1.035 266.2 1995 1998 25-28 246 0 0 0 174 10 16 .385 108 160 90 82 116 353 2.77 172 25 1086 12 10 2 12 CAL-ANA 15 Huston Street 1.041 243 2005 2008 21-24 224 0 0 0 169 16 10 .615 93 190 85 77 63 245 2.85 149 18 972 12 5 0 7 OAK 16 Rob Dibble 1.042 338.2 1988 1991 24-27 246 0 0 0 110 22 14 .611 44 234 89 83 119 460 2.21 171 14 1354 21 5 3 18 CIN 17 Jim Merritt 1.046 686.2 1965 1968 21-24 122 89 28 6 18 37 41 .474 6 583 260 231 135 527 3.03 112 70 2760 11 14 1 15 MIN 18 Ed Reulbach 1.047 999.1 1905 1908 22-25 140 110 89 22 28 78 29 .729 5 711 251 189 335 475 1.70 154 8 3977 52 3 15 CHC 19 Ron Guidry 1.058 516 1975 1978 24-27 83 61 25 14 12 41 11 .788 1 396 151 135 150 451 2.35 160 26 2048 3 2 1 14 NYY 20 Tiny Bonham 1.058 677.2 1940 1943 26-29 91 79 56 14 7 54 22 .711 3 597 196 177 120 222 2.35 151 40 2678 3 2 1 NYY 21 Deacon Phillippe 1.062 568 1901 1902 29-30 68 62 59 6 6 42 21 .667 2 539 205 135 64 225 2.14 141 8 2307 14 1 7 PIT 22 Fergie Jenkins 1.063 794 1965 1968 22-25 146 90 42 7 28 48 37 .565 6 642 277 251 202 656 2.85 120 82 3185 27 10 2 9 PHI-TOT-CHC 23 Bob Locker 1.064 401.1 1965 1968 27-30 254 0 0 0 128 26 19 .578 44 324 129 110 103 281 2.47 127 17 1629 41 18 1 11 CHW 24 Reb Russell 1.065 977.2 1913 1916 24-27 187 109 60 17 47 59 49 .546 10 840 347 258 201 403 2.38 120 6 3792 18 4 16 CHW 25 John Fulgham 1.068 231.1 1979 1980 23-24 35 33 14 3 0 14 12 .538 0 189 80 73 58 123 2.84 133 17 914 4 4 3 3 STL ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **WHIP** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Tom Seaver 1.072 1092.2 1967 1970 22-25 144 140 69 14 4 75 44 .630 1 880 336 303 291 866 2.50 141 79 4379 28 24 2 27 NYM 27 Fritz Peterson 1.073 880.2 1966 1969 24-27 143 126 39 9 5 49 52 .485 0 790 344 288 155 463 2.94 109 54 3534 35 13 2 8 NYY 28 Dwight Gooden 1.074 924.1 1984 1987 19-22 124 124 42 16 0 73 26 .737 0 718 283 253 275 892 2.46 146 48 3694 11 10 14 14 NYM 29 Sonny Siebert 1.075 771 1964 1967 27-30 148 99 25 4 20 49 37 .570 9 610 267 231 219 634 2.70 128 71 3095 11 19 5 20 CLE 30 Joe Wood 1.075 657.2 1908 1911 18-21 109 71 53 13 30 47 38 .553 3 516 257 144 191 475 1.97 144 6 2596 28 0 20 BOS 31 Jack Chesbro 1.075 574 1901 1902 27-28 71 61 57 14 10 49 16 .754 2 503 185 145 114 265 2.27 132 5 2350 35 1 8 PIT 32 Carl Mays 1.081 959 1915 1918 23-26 152 96 73 12 43 67 40 .626 10 787 308 231 250 346 2.17 124 6 3777 39 1 17 BOS 33 Frank Arellanes 1.081 409.2 1908 1910 26-28 74 49 25 2 23 24 22 .522 8 358 144 104 85 148 2.28 109 5 1582 11 0 8 BOS 34 Mordecai Brown 1.082 939.2 1903 1906 26-29 118 103 91 18 15 68 41 .624 4 803 324 194 214 397 1.86 154 12 3787 17 2 15 STL-CHC 35 Matt Capps 1.083 204 2005 2008 21-24 202 0 0 0 92 15 11 .577 36 188 77 70 33 152 3.09 141 22 820 15 8 0 5 PIT 36 Kazuhiro Sasaki 1.084 223.1 2000 2003 32-35 228 0 0 0 201 7 16 .304 129 165 90 78 77 242 3.14 138 24 925 13 9 0 15 SEA 37 Ferdie Schupp 1.085 224 1913 1916 22-25 66 13 8 4 43 10 3 .769 2 165 73 57 78 125 2.29 110 2 889 10 0 3 NYG 38 Nick Maddox 1.085 605.1 1907 1910 20-23 93 72 47 9 18 43 20 .683 1 487 207 154 170 193 2.29 110 7 2368 35 2 8 PIT 39 Fred Glade 1.086 838.2 1902 1906 26-30 103 99 87 12 4 39 55 .415 2 733 312 237 178 382 2.54 100 9 1212 35 0 13 CHC-SLB 40 Frank Owen 1.086 872.1 1901 1905 21-25 113 99 84 8 14 51 43 .543 2 756 333 238 191 311 2.46 107 10 1957 31 1 14 DET-CHW 41 John Hiller 1.090 201 1965 1968 22-25 68 18 6 3 27 13 9 .591 6 156 59 55 63 132 2.46 126 13 807 4 0 0 2 DET 42 Barney Pelty 1.092 869 1903 1906 22-25 111 99 88 7 12 48 46 .511 3 730 329 233 219 352 2.41 106 12 2509 54 0 27 SLB 43 Keith Foulke 1.093 332 1997 2000 24-27 220 8 0 0 112 13 11 .542 47 277 142 137 86 325 3.71 127 42 1354 11 13 1 6 TOT-CHW 44 Mellie Wolfgang 1.095 317.2 1914 1917 24-27 73 27 15 3 35 15 13 .536 0 256 109 74 92 110 2.10 132 3 1230 4 0 3 CHW 45 Nick Altrock 1.097 404 1902 1904 25-27 54 47 39 7 6 23 20 .535 2 365 175 130 78 114 2.90 89 6 1638 7 0 9 BOS-TOT-CHW 46 Jeff Zimmerman 1.098 228.2 1999 2001 26-28 196 0 0 0 84 17 12 .586 32 178 88 83 73 213 3.27 152 29 932 5 8 3 6 TEX 47 Babe Ruth 1.099 890.2 1914 1917 19-22 121 110 75 16 8 67 34 .663 3 661 266 205 318 413 2.07 130 6 3608 25 2 17 BOS 48 Eddie Watt 1.100 403.2 1966 1969 25-28 207 13 1 0 116 22 19 .537 39 302 143 122 142 313 2.72 120 20 1643 19 12 1 20 BAL 49 Harry Krause 1.100 515.1 1908 1911 19-22 79 53 39 10 15 36 23 .610 2 425 166 132 142 294 2.31 115 8 1988 33 1 6 PHA Seasons/Careers found: 49.
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