Inbaseball statistics,walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) is asabermetric measurement of the number ofbaserunners apitcher has allowed perinning pitched. WHIP reflects a pitcher's propensity for allowingbatters to reach base, therefore a lower WHIP indicates better performance. WHIP is calculated by adding the number ofwalks andhits allowed and dividing this sum by the number of innings pitched.
Below is the list of the top 100Major League Baseball pitchers inwalks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) with at least 1,000 innings pitched.
Addie Joss[1][2][3] is the all-time leader with a career WHIP of 0.9678.Jacob deGrom[4] (0.9934) andEd Walsh[5] (0.9996) are the only other players with a career WHIP under 1.0000.
| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career WHIP. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player | Name of player. |
| WHIP | Total career WHIP. |
| * | Denotes elected toNational Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
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