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Progressive Leaders & Records for Walks & Hits per IP


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+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Minimum of 3.1 PA/G, 1.0 IP/G, and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. Explanation of min. requirements

Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA and 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerWHIP  Single-SeasonWHIP  ActiveWHIP  YearlyWHIP
1871 George Zettlein 1.3421 George Zettlein 1.3421
1872 Cherokee Fisher 0.9063 Cherokee Fisher 0.9063
1873 Al Spalding+ 1.2771 Cherokee Fisher 0.9063 Al Spalding+ 1.2771 Cherokee Fisher 1.1858
1874 Dick McBride 1.2624 Cherokee Fisher 0.9063 Dick McBride 1.2624 Dick McBride 1.1150
1875 Cherokee Fisher 1.1976 Joe Borden 0.8182 Cherokee Fisher 1.1976 Joe Borden 0.8182
1876 George Bradley 0.9579 George Bradley 0.8866 George Bradley 0.9579 George Bradley 0.8866
1877 George Bradley 1.0335 George Bradley 0.8866 George Bradley 1.0335 Tommy Bond 1.0864
1878 George Bradley 1.0335 George Bradley 0.8866 George Bradley 1.0335 Sam Weaver 1.0235
1879 Tommy Bond 1.0590 George Bradley 0.8866 Tommy Bond 1.0590 Tommy Bond 1.0210
1880 John Ward+ 0.9861 George Bradley 0.8367 John Ward+ 0.9861 George Bradley 0.8367
1881 John Ward+ 1.0152 George Bradley 0.8367 John Ward+ 1.0152 Stump Wiedman 1.0435
1882 Larry Corcoran 1.0127 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Larry Corcoran 1.0127 Guy Hecker 0.7692
1883 Charley Radbourn+ 1.0282 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Charley Radbourn+ 1.0282 Tim Keefe+ 0.9435
1884 Charley Radbourn+ 0.9942 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Charley Radbourn+ 0.9942 Charlie Sweeney 0.8171
1885 Ed Morris 0.9360 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Ed Morris 0.9360 Lady Baldwin 0.9201
1886 Ed Morris 0.9700 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Ed Morris 0.9700 Lady Baldwin 0.9671
1887 Ed Morris 1.0432 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Ed Morris 1.0432 Tim Keefe+ 1.1245
1888 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Bob Caruthers 1.0445 Silver King 0.8759
1889 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tim Keefe+ 1.0708 Jack Stivetts 1.1530
1890 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tim Keefe+ 1.0861 Scott Stratton 1.0650
1891 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tim Keefe+ 1.1004 Charlie Buffinton 1.1632
1892 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tim Keefe+ 1.1044 Cy Young+ 1.0618
1893 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tim Keefe+ 1.1211 Kid Nichols+ 1.2800
1894 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Dave Foutz 1.1781 Jouett Meekin 1.4059
1895 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Silver King 1.2493 Cy Young+ 1.1849
1896 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Silver King 1.2626 Billy Rhines 1.2308
1897 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Kid Nichols+ 1.2602 Kid Nichols+ 1.1685
1898 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Kid Nichols+ 1.2360 Kid Nichols+ 1.0335
1899 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Kid Nichols+ 1.2319 Cy Young+ 1.1155
1900 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Kid Nichols+ 1.2324 Rube Waddell+ 1.1070
1901 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Cy Young+ 1.2139 Cy Young+ 0.9722
1902 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Deacon Phillippe 1.1250 Bill Bernhard 0.9425
1903 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Deacon Phillippe 1.1061 Addie Joss+ 0.9483
1904 John Ward+ 1.0440 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Rube Waddell+ 1.1104 Cy Young+ 0.9368
1905 Addie Joss+ 1.0191 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Addie Joss+ 1.0191 Cy Young+ 0.8669
1906 Addie Joss+ 1.0005 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Addie Joss+ 1.0005 Doc White 0.9027
1907 Addie Joss+ 0.9970 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Addie Joss+ 0.9970 Mordecai Brown+ 0.9442
1908 Addie Joss+ 0.9656 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Addie Joss+ 0.9656 Addie Joss+ 0.8062
1909 Addie Joss+ 0.9632 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Addie Joss+ 0.9632 Christy Mathewson+ 0.8281
1910 Ed Walsh+ 0.9399 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Ed Walsh+ 0.9399 Ed Walsh+ 0.8197
1911 Ed Walsh+ 0.9619 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Ed Walsh+ 0.9619 Babe Adams 1.0057
1912 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Ed Walsh+ 0.9792 Walter Johnson+ 0.9079
1913 Walter Johnson+ 0.9675 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9675 Walter Johnson+ 0.7803
1914 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9681 Dutch Leonard 0.8858
1915 Walter Johnson+ 0.9638 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9638 Pete Alexander+ 0.8423
1916 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9688 Reb Russell 0.9420
1917 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9688 Eddie Cicotte 0.9115
1918 Walter Johnson+ 0.9675 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9675 Walter Johnson+ 0.9540
1919 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9688 Babe Adams 0.8962
1920 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9742 Babe Adams 0.9810
1921 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 0.9964 Babe Adams 1.0813
1922 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 1.0179 Red Faber+ 1.1847
1923 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 1.0318 Pete Alexander+ 1.1082
1924 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 1.0362 Dazzy Vance+ 1.0216
1925 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 1.0466 Dolf Luque 1.1718
1926 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 1.0568 Pete Alexander+ 1.1082
1927 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Walter Johnson+ 1.0611 Pete Alexander+ 1.1157
1928 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Pete Alexander+ 1.1121 Garland Braxton 1.0122
1929 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Pete Alexander+ 1.1170 Red Lucas 1.2037
1930 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Pete Alexander+ 1.1212 Dazzy Vance+ 1.1443
1931 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Babe Ruth+ 1.1548 Lefty Grove+ 1.0774
1932 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Babe Ruth+ 1.1548 Carl Hubbell+ 1.0563
1933 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1395 Carl Hubbell+ 0.9816
1934 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1207 Carl Hubbell+ 1.0319
1935 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1321 Cy Blanton 1.0813
1936 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1228 Carl Hubbell+ 1.0592
1937 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1312 Monty Stratton 1.0870
1938 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1317 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1397
1939 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1316 Ted Lyons+ 1.0888
1940 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1430 Bucky Walters 1.0918
1941 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1533 Whit Wyatt 1.0578
1942 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1562 Tiny Bonham 0.9867
1943 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Carl Hubbell+ 1.1659 Spud Chandler 0.9921
1944 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Dizzy Dean+ 1.2061 Tex Hughson 1.0475
1945 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tiny Bonham 1.1138 Ray Prim 0.9980
1946 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tiny Bonham 1.1167 Hal Newhouser+ 1.0695
1947 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tiny Bonham 1.1430 Warren Spahn+ 1.1358
1948 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Harry Brecheen 1.1489 Harry Brecheen 1.0371
1949 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tiny Bonham 1.1528 Dave Koslo 1.1132
1950 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Harry Brecheen 1.1706 Larry Jansen 1.0655
1951 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Larry Jansen 1.1738 Ken Raffensberger 1.0858
1952 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1772 Warren Hacker 0.9459
1953 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1633 Warren Spahn+ 1.0577
1954 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1401 Robin Roberts+ 1.0248
1955 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1389 Billy Pierce 1.0989
1956 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1502 Don Newcombe 0.9888
1957 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1508 Frank Sullivan 1.0554
1958 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1542 Whitey Ford+ 1.0760
1959 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1557 Art Ditmar 1.0297
1960 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1600 Don Drysdale+ 1.0632
1961 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1711 Dick Donovan 1.0257
1962 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1693 Sandy Koufax+ 1.0362
1963 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Robin Roberts+ 1.1636 Sandy Koufax+ 0.8746
1964 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Juan Marichal+ 1.1203 Sandy Koufax+ 0.9283
1965 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Juan Marichal+ 1.0773 Sandy Koufax+ 0.8550
1966 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Juan Marichal+ 1.0383 Juan Marichal+ 0.8590
1967 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Juan Marichal+ 1.0523 Dick Hughes 0.9535
1968 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Juan Marichal+ 1.0514 Dave McNally 0.8425
1969 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Juan Marichal+ 1.0447 Juan Marichal+ 0.9944
1970 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Juan Marichal+ 1.0674 Fergie Jenkins+ 1.0383
1971 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0457 Tom Seaver+ 0.9464
1972 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0567 Roger Nelson 0.8712
1973 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0445 Tom Seaver+ 0.9759
1974 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0572 Catfish Hunter+ 0.9864
1975 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0607 Catfish Hunter+ 1.0091
1976 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0609 Frank Tanana 0.9884
1977 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0568 Tom Seaver+ 1.0140
1978 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0669 Ron Guidry 0.9464
1979 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0723 Ken Forsch 1.0694
1980 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0775 Don Sutton+ 0.9890
1981 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0793 Ron Guidry 0.9921
1982 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.0946 Mario Soto 1.0595
1983 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.1029 La Marr Hoyt 1.0243
1984 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.1065 Dwight Gooden 1.0734
1985 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.1126 John Tudor 0.9382
1986 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Tom Seaver+ 1.1209 Mike Scott 0.9225
1987 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Don Sutton+ 1.1384 Jimmy Key 1.0575
1988 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Dwight Gooden 1.1018 Pascual Perez 0.9415
1989 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Dwight Gooden 1.1092 Bret Saberhagen 0.9606
1990 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Roger Clemens 1.1276 Danny Darwin 1.0266
1991 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Roger Clemens 1.1153 Nolan Ryan+ 1.0058
1992 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Roger Clemens 1.1103 Curt Schilling 0.9897
1993 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Sid Fernandez 1.1171 Greg Maddux 1.0487
1994 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Bret Saberhagen 1.1197 Greg Maddux 0.8960
1995 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Bret Saberhagen 1.1317 Greg Maddux 0.8108
1996 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Bret Saberhagen 1.1317 Kevin Brown 0.9442
1997 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Greg Maddux 1.1203 Pedro Martinez 0.9323
1998 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Pedro Martinez 1.1021 Greg Maddux 0.9801
1999 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Guy Hecker 0.7692 Pedro Martinez 1.0741 Pedro Martinez 0.9234
2000 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0277 Pedro Martinez 0.7373
2001 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0213 Randy Johnson 1.0093
2002 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0109 Pedro Martinez 0.9231
2003 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0135 Jason Schmidt 0.9535
2004 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0283 Randy Johnson 0.8996
2005 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0215 Pedro Martinez 0.9493
2006 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0258 Johan Santana 0.9971
2007 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Pedro Martinez 1.0300 Jake Peavy 1.0612
2008 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Mariano Rivera 1.0199 Roy Halladay 1.0528
2009 Addie Joss+ 0.9678 Pedro Martinez 0.7373 Mariano Rivera 1.0128 Danny Haren 1.0029

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