League Leaders Who Led?

MLB Single-Season Walks + Hits / IP Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

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The MLB single-season walks + hits / ip record is 0.36, set by Ed Cushman in 1884. It has stood for 141 years. The mark has been raised 5 times since 1871.

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Record Holders

6 marks since 1871
Year Player WHIP Stood for
1884 Ed Cushman 0.36 still standing
1882 Guy Hecker Guy Hecker 0.77 2 years
1880 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe 0.80 2 years
1875 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond 0.88 5 years
1872 Cherokee Fisher Cherokee Fisher 0.95 3 years
1871 George Zettlein 1.34 1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

156 seasons
Year Leader WHIP
2025 Tarik Skubal 0.89
2024 Logan Gilbert 0.89
2023 Gerrit Cole 0.98
2022 Justin Verlander 0.83
2021 Max Scherzer 0.86
2020 Kenta Maeda 0.75
2019 Justin Verlander 0.80
2018 Justin Verlander 0.90
2017 Corey Kluber 0.87
2016 Max Scherzer 0.97
2015 Zack Greinke 0.84
2014 Clayton Kershaw 0.86
2013 Clayton Kershaw 0.92
2012 Jered Weaver 1.02
2011 Justin Verlander 0.92
2010 Cliff Lee 1.00
2009 Dan Haren 1.00
2008 Roy Halladay 1.05
2007 Jake Peavy 1.06
2006 Johan Santana 1.00
2005 Pedro Martinez 0.95
2004 Randy Johnson 0.90
2003 Jason Schmidt 0.95
2002 Pedro Martinez 0.92
2001 Randy Johnson 1.01
2000 Pedro Martinez 0.74
1999 Pedro Martinez 0.92
1998 Greg Maddux 0.98
1997 Pedro Martinez 0.93
1996 Kevin Brown 0.94
1995 Greg Maddux 0.81
1994 Greg Maddux 0.90
1993 Greg Maddux 1.05
1992 Curt Schilling 0.99
1991 Nolan Ryan 1.01
1990 Danny Darwin 1.03
1989 Bret Saberhagen 0.96
1988 Pascual Perez 0.94
1987 Jimmy Key 1.06
1986 Mike Scott 0.92
1985 John Tudor 0.94
1984 Dwight Gooden 1.07
1983 LaMarr Hoyt 1.02
1982 Mario Soto 1.06
1981 Ron Guidry 0.99
1980 Don Sutton 0.99
1979 Ken Forsch 1.07
1978 Ron Guidry 0.95
1977 Tom Seaver 1.01
1976 Frank Tanana 0.99
1975 Catfish Hunter 1.01
1974 Catfish Hunter 0.99
1973 Tom Seaver 0.98
1972 Roger Nelson 0.87
1971 Tom Seaver 0.95
1970 Fergie Jenkins 1.04
1969 Juan Marichal 0.99
1968 Dave McNally 0.84
1967 Joe Horlen 0.95
1966 Juan Marichal 0.86
1965 Sandy Koufax 0.86
1964 Sandy Koufax 0.93
1963 Sandy Koufax 0.88
1962 Sandy Koufax 1.04
1961 Dick Donovan 1.03
1960 Don Drysdale 1.06
1959 Art Ditmar 1.03
1958 Whitey Ford 1.08
1957 Frank Sullivan 1.06
1956 Don Newcombe 0.99
1955 Billy Pierce 1.10
1954 Robin Roberts 1.03
1953 Warren Spahn 1.06
1952 Warren Hacker 0.95
1951 Ken Raffensberger 1.09
1950 Larry Jansen 1.07
1949 Dave Koslo 1.11
1948 Bill Byrd 1.02
1947 Frank Thompson 1.09
1946 Hal Newhouser 1.07
1945 Garnett Blair 0.96
1944 Satchel Paige 0.91
1943 Hilton Smith 0.98
1942 Johnny Markham 0.92
1941 Dan Bankhead 0.84
1940 George Walker 0.73
1939 Hilton Smith 0.96
1938 Hilton Smith 1.01
1937 Hilton Smith 0.86
1936 Carl Hubbell 1.06
1935 Cy Blanton 1.08
1934 Satchel Paige 0.87
1933 Satchel Paige 0.83
1932 Elbert Williams 0.85
1931 George Mitchell 0.97
1930 Nelson Dean 1.10
1929 Chet Brewer 0.96
1928 Bullet Campbell 0.72
1927 Webster McDonald 1.02
1926 Willie Foster 0.98
1925 Bullet Rogan 1.01
1924 Dazzy Vance 1.02
1923 Hubert Lockhart 1.08
1922 Bill Holland 1.02
1921 Dave Brown 0.92
1920 Dave Brown 0.89
1919 Babe Adams 0.90
1918 Walter Johnson 0.95
1917 Eddie Cicotte 0.91
1916 Reb Russell 0.94
1915 Pete Alexander 0.84
1914 Dutch Leonard 0.89
1913 Walter Johnson 0.78
1912 Walter Johnson 0.91
1911 Babe Adams 1.01
1910 Ed Walsh 0.82
1909 Christy Mathewson 0.83
1908 Addie Joss 0.81
1907 Mordecai Brown 0.94
1906 Doc White 0.90
1905 Cy Young 0.87
1904 Jack Chesbro 0.94
1904 Cy Young 0.94
1903 Addie Joss 0.95
1902 Bill Bernhard 0.94
1901 Cy Young 0.97
1900 Rube Waddell 1.11
1899 Cy Young 1.12
1898 Kid Nichols 1.03
1897 Kid Nichols 1.17
1896 Billy Rhines 1.23
1895 Cy Young 1.19
1894 Amos Rusie 1.41
1893 Kid Nichols 1.28
1892 Cy Young 1.06
1891 Charlie Buffinton 1.16
1890 Scott Stratton 1.07
1889 Jack Stivetts 1.15
1888 Silver King 0.87
1887 Tim Keefe 1.12
1886 Lady Baldwin 0.97
1885 Lady Baldwin 0.92
1884 Ed Cushman 0.36 new record
1883 Tim Keefe 0.96
1882 Guy Hecker 0.77 new record
1881 George Weidman 1.04
1880 Tim Keefe 0.80 new record
1879 Tommy Bond 1.02
1878 Sam Weaver 1.02
1877 Tommy Bond 1.09
1876 George Bradley 0.89
1875 Tommy Bond 0.88 new record
1874 Dick McBride 1.12
1873 Cherokee Fisher 1.19
1872 Cherokee Fisher 0.95 new record
1871 George Zettlein 1.34 new record