• WHIP It Good

    Posted by on February 12th, 2012 · Comments (1)

    Pitchers since 1901 to qualify for the ERA title while posting a WHIP of 1.09 or less, at least four times in their career -

    Rk   Yrs From To Age  
    1 Walter Johnson 10 1908 1919 20-31 Ind. Seasons
    2 Greg Maddux 9 1992 2001 26-35 Ind. Seasons
    3 Cy Young 9 1901 1910 34-43 Ind. Seasons
    4 Tom Seaver 8 1968 1977 23-32 Ind. Seasons
    5 Mordecai Brown 8 1904 1915 27-38 Ind. Seasons
    6 Curt Schilling 7 1992 2004 25-37 Ind. Seasons
    7 Roger Clemens 7 1986 2005 23-42 Ind. Seasons
    8 Fergie Jenkins 7 1967 1978 24-35 Ind. Seasons
    9 Don Sutton 7 1966 1981 21-36 Ind. Seasons
    10 Juan Marichal 7 1963 1971 25-33 Ind. Seasons
    11 Babe Adams 7 1911 1921 29-39 Ind. Seasons
    12 Ed Walsh 7 1906 1912 25-31 Ind. Seasons
    13 Christy Mathewson 7 1904 1914 23-33 Ind. Seasons
    14 Addie Joss 7 1903 1909 23-29 Ind. Seasons
    15 Pedro Martinez 6 1997 2005 25-33 Ind. Seasons
    16 Randy Johnson 6 1995 2004 31-40 Ind. Seasons
    17 Eddie Plank 6 1905 1915 29-39 Ind. Seasons
    18 Gaylord Perry 5 1964 1974 25-35 Ind. Seasons
    19 Sandy Koufax 5 1962 1966 26-30 Ind. Seasons
    20 Jim Bunning 5 1957 1967 25-35 Ind. Seasons
    21 Doc White 5 1903 1909 24-30 Ind. Seasons
    22 Johan Santana 4 2004 2007 25-28 Ind. Seasons
    23 Roy Halladay 4 2003 2011 26-34 Ind. Seasons
    24 Kevin Brown 4 1996 2000 31-35 Ind. Seasons
    25 Mike Mussina 4 1992 2003 23-34 Ind. Seasons
    26 Bret Saberhagen 4 1985 1994 21-30 Ind. Seasons
    27 Jim Palmer 4 1969 1976 23-30 Ind. Seasons
    28 Phil Niekro 4 1967 1972 28-33 Ind. Seasons
    29 Ralph Terry 4 1961 1965 25-29 Ind. Seasons
    30 Don Drysdale 4 1960 1968 23-31 Ind. Seasons
    31 Robin Roberts 4 1952 1965 25-38 Ind. Seasons
    32 Carl Hubbell 4 1932 1936 29-33 Ind. Seasons
    33 Fred Toney 4 1915 1919 26-30 Ind. Seasons
    34 Pete Alexander 4 1915 1919 28-32 Ind. Seasons
    35 Smoky Joe Wood 4 1909 1915 19-25 Ind. Seasons
    36 Eddie Cicotte 4 1909 1919 25-35 Ind. Seasons
    37 Chief Bender 4 1906 1910 22-26 Ind. Seasons
    38 Frank Smith 4 1904 1910 24-30 Ind. Seasons
    39 Rube Waddell 4 1902 1907 25-30 Ind. Seasons
    40 Deacon Phillippe 4 1901 1905 29-33 Ind. Seasons
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
    Generated 2/11/2012.

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    Don Sutton? Something for those who don’t like his HOF selection to chew on…

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    Comments on WHIP It Good

    1. Evan3457
      February 12th, 2012 | 8:50 pm

      Don Sutton’s a Hall of Famer. I could never understand how people could say a guy with 324 wins was not a Hall of Famer.

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