Detroit Tigers Walks + Hits / IP Leaders
Career totals with the Tigers and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.
Denny McLain holds the Tigers career record with 1.11 walks + hits / ip. The single-season record is 0.89, by Tarik Skubal in 2025.
Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 1.0 inning per team game with the club, a career 1,000+ innings pitched with the club.
All-time Tigers leaders
Career totals with the club| # | Player | With the club | WHIP | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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1963–1970 | 1.11 | 227 |
| 2 |
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1914–1918 | 1.13 | 157 |
| 3 |
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1903–1918 | 1.19 | 261 |
| 4 |
|
2005–2026 | 1.19 | 382 |
| 5 |
|
2010–2014 | 1.20 | 161 |
| 6 |
|
1958–1967 | 1.21 | 334 |
| 7 |
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1955–1963 | 1.21 | 304 |
| 8 |
|
1904–1910 | 1.22 | 205 |
| 9 |
|
1963–1975 | 1.22 | 508 |
| 10 |
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1977–1984 | 1.23 | 208 |
| 11 |
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1901–1908 | 1.23 | 143 |
| 12 |
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1915–1920 | 1.25 | 202 |
| 13 |
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1906–1913 | 1.26 | 230 |
| 14 |
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1977–1990 | 1.27 | 430 |
| 15 |
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1965–1980 | 1.27 | 545 |
| 16 |
|
1902–1913 | 1.27 | 435 |
| 17 |
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1954–1964 | 1.27 | 304 |
| 18 |
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1939–1953 | 1.28 | 242 |
| 19 |
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1912–1916 | 1.29 | 184 |
| 20 |
|
1941–1956 | 1.31 | 316 |
| 21 |
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1939–1953 | 1.31 | 460 |
| 22 | Hooks Dauss | 1912–1926 | 1.32 | 538 |
| 23 | Milt Wilcox | 1977–1985 | 1.32 | 234 |
| 24 |
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1933–1942 | 1.33 | 245 |
| 25 |
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1939–1952 | 1.34 | 493 |
Single-season Tigers records
Best seasons in club history| # | Player | Season | WHIP | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
2025 | 0.89 | 31 |
| 2 |
|
1968 | 0.90 | 41 |
| 3 |
|
2011 | 0.92 | 34 |
| 4 |
|
2024 | 0.92 | 31 |
| 5 |
|
2013 | 0.97 | 32 |
| 6 |
|
2016 | 1.00 | 34 |
| 7 |
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1966 | 1.00 | 23 |
| 8 |
|
1909 | 1.05 | 35 |
| 9 |
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1962 | 1.05 | 42 |
| 10 |
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1902 | 1.05 | 25 |
| 11 |
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1916 | 1.05 | 44 |
| 12 |
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2012 | 1.06 | 33 |
| 13 |
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1946 | 1.07 | 37 |
| 14 |
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1957 | 1.07 | 45 |
| 15 |
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1965 | 1.07 | 33 |
| 16 |
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1909 | 1.08 | 41 |
| 17 |
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1976 | 1.08 | 31 |
| 18 |
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1908 | 1.08 | 40 |
| 19 |
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1967 | 1.08 | 31 |
| 20 |
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1908 | 1.08 | 29 |
| 21 |
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1972 | 1.09 | 41 |
| 22 |
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1969 | 1.09 | 42 |
| 23 |
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1943 | 1.10 | 33 |
| 24 |
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1968 | 1.10 | 39 |
| 25 |
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1909 | 1.11 | 40 |