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Active Leaders & Records for BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA and 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (age) | BB + H per IP (WHIP) | Throws |
| 1. | Mariano Rivera (38) | 1.0199 | R |
| 2. | Pedro Martinez (36) | 1.0512 | R |
| 3. | Johan Santana* (29) | 1.1024 | L |
| 4. | Curt Schilling (41) | 1.1374 | R |
| 5. | Greg Maddux (42) | 1.1431 | R |
| 6. | Randy Johnson* (44) | 1.1673 | L |
| 7. | John Smoltz (41) | 1.1697 | R |
| 8. | Jake Peavy (27) | 1.1864 | R |
| 9. | Mike Mussina (39) | 1.1915 | R |
| 10. | Roy Oswalt (30) | 1.1979 | R |
| 11. | Ben Sheets (29) | 1.2010 | R |
| 12. | Roy Halladay (31) | 1.2076 | R |
| 13. | Josh Beckett (28) | 1.2224 | R |
| 14. | Brandon Webb (29) | 1.2366 | R |
| 15. | C.C. Sabathia* (27) | 1.2439 | L |
| 16. | Kerry Wood (31) | 1.2499 | R |
| 17. | Tim Hudson (32) | 1.2531 | R |
| 18. | Orlando Hernandez (42) | 1.2627 | R |
| 19. | Javier Vazquez (31) | 1.2657 | R |
| 20. | Derek Lowe (35) | 1.2683 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | BB + H per IP (WHIP) | Throws |
| 21. | Mark Buehrle* (29) | 1.2697 | L |
| 22. | Jon Lieber (38) | 1.2784 | R |
| 23. | Rheal Cormier* (41) | 1.2810 | L |
| 24. | Mike Timlin (42) | 1.2829 | R |
| 25. | A.J. Burnett (31) | 1.2838 | R |
| 26. | Carlos Zambrano (27) | 1.2865 | R |
| 27. | Freddy Garcia (33) | 1.2950 | R |
| 28. | Barry Zito* (30) | 1.2955 | L |
| 29. | Kevin Millwood (33) | 1.3088 | R |
| 30. | John Lackey (29) | 1.3105 | R |
| 31. | Jarrod Washburn* (33) | 1.3125 | L |
| 32. | Aaron Harang (30) | 1.3136 | R |
| 33. | Tom Glavine* (42) | 1.3138 | L |
| 34. | Matt Morris (33) | 1.3156 | R |
| 35. | Ted Lilly* (32) | 1.3186 | L |
| 36. | Jason Schmidt (35) | 1.3191 | R |
| 37. | Woody Williams (41) | 1.3211 | R |
| 38. | Jamie Moyer* (45) | 1.3212 | L |
| 39. | Paul Byrd (37) | 1.3229 | R |
| 40. | Ryan Franklin (35) | 1.3291 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | BB + H per IP (WHIP) | Throws |
| 41. | Arthur Rhodes* (38) | 1.3294 | L |
| 42. | Chris Carpenter (33) | 1.3296 | R |
| 43. | Bartolo Colon (35) | 1.3344 | R |
| 44. | Eric Milton* (32) | 1.3358 | L |
| 45. | Brad Penny (30) | 1.3374 | R |
| 46. | Mark Mulder* (30) | 1.3425 | L |
| 47. | Tim Wakefield (41) | 1.3458 | R |
| 48. | Odalis Perez* (31) | 1.3461 | L |
| 49. | Bronson Arroyo (31) | 1.3463 | R |
| 50. | Randy Wolf* (31) | 1.3467 | L |
| 51. | Mike Stanton* (41) | 1.3519 | L |
| 52. | Hideo Nomo (39) | 1.3540 | R |
| 53. | Carl Pavano (32) | 1.3551 | R |
| 54. | Brett Myers (27) | 1.3558 | R |
| 55. | Jeff Weaver (31) | 1.3560 | R |
| 56. | Tom Gordon (40) | 1.3578 | R |
| 57. | Andy Pettitte* (36) | 1.3596 | L |
| 58. | Roberto Hernandez (43) | 1.3665 | R |
| 59. | Brett Tomko (35) | 1.3739 | R |
| 60. | Kelvim Escobar (32) | 1.3742 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | BB + H per IP (WHIP) | Throws |
| 61. | Joel Pineiro (29) | 1.3772 | R |
| 62. | Kris Benson (33) | 1.3782 | R |
| 63. | Dontrelle Willis* (26) | 1.3787 | L |
| 64. | Jake Westbrook (30) | 1.3818 | R |
| 65. | Jon Garland (28) | 1.3849 | R |
| 66. | Vicente Padilla (30) | 1.3886 | R |
| 67. | John Thomson (34) | 1.3910 | R |
| 68. | Gil Meche (29) | 1.3933 | R |
| 69. | Chan Ho Park (35) | 1.3982 | R |
| 70. | Matt Clement (33) | 1.3988 | R |
| 71. | Carlos Silva (29) | 1.4003 | R |
| 72. | Bob Wickman (39) | 1.4004 | R |
| 73. | Kenny Rogers* (43) | 1.4025 | L |
| 74. | Rodrigo Lopez (32) | 1.4046 | R |
| 75. | Esteban Loaiza (36) | 1.4083 | R |
| 76. | Steve Trachsel (37) | 1.4114 | R |
| 77. | Kyle Lohse (29) | 1.4128 | R |
| 78. | Todd Jones (40) | 1.4133 | R |
| 79. | Ramon Ortiz (35) | 1.4195 | R |
| 80. | Elmer Dessens (37) | 1.4224 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | BB + H per IP (WHIP) | Throws |
| 81. | Adam Eaton (30) | 1.4243 | R |
| 82. | Jason Marquis (29) | 1.4247 | R |
| 83. | Mark Redman* (34) | 1.4298 | L |
| 84. | Scott Elarton (32) | 1.4315 | R |
| 85. | Jeff Suppan (33) | 1.4344 | R |
| 86. | Mike Hampton* (35) | 1.4373 | L |
| 87. | Livan Hernandez (33) | 1.4422 | R |
| 88. | Brian Moehler (36) | 1.4440 | R |
| 89. | Kent Mercker* (40) | 1.4442 | L |
| 90. | LaTroy Hawkins (35) | 1.4506 | R |
| 91. | Nate Robertson* (30) | 1.4531 | L |
| 92. | Josh Fogg (31) | 1.4713 | R |
| 93. | Jose Mesa (42) | 1.4722 | R |
| 94. | Sidney Ponson (31) | 1.4744 | R |
| 95. | Glendon Rusch* (33) | 1.4767 | L |
| 96. | Russ Ortiz (34) | 1.4790 | R |
| 97. | Dave Weathers (38) | 1.4874 | R |
| 98. | Jason Johnson (34) | 1.4878 | R |
| 99. | Ryan Dempster (31) | 1.4905 | R |
| 100. | Doug Davis* (32) | 1.4906 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | BB + H per IP (WHIP) | Throws |
| 101. | Miguel Batista (37) | 1.4908 | R |
| 102. | Ron Villone* (38) | 1.4911 | L |
| 103. | Julian Tavarez (35) | 1.4912 | R |
| 104. | Aaron Sele (38) | 1.4914 | R |
| 105. | Darren Oliver* (37) | 1.4948 | L |
| 106. | Kip Wells (31) | 1.5175 | R |
| 107. | Shawn Estes* (35) | 1.5289 | L |
| 108. | Jason Jennings (29) | 1.5581 | R |
| 109. | Jamey Wright (33) | 1.5853 | R |
Stats updated through October 12, 2008.
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