Player stats

WHIP 2018

Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. Hit-by-pitches are not included.

Season

Minimum workload: one inning pitched per game. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. This is a general pitching minimum, not a relief-pitcher qualification rule. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / WHIP / 2018

Justin Verlander

HOU

0.90

Season leader, lower is better

WHIP2018 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	WHIP
1	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	214.0	833	0.90
2	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	220.2	866	0.91
3	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	217.0	835	0.91
4	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	180.2	700	0.97
5	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	212.1	831	0.97
6	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	215.0	842	0.99
7	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	200.1	799	1.03
8	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	200.0	800	1.05
9	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	200.2	808	1.07
10	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	207.2	839	1.08
11	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	183.0	744	1.08
12	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CLE	175.1	717	1.09
13	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	182.1	744	1.12
14	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	192.0	784	1.13
15	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	177.2	733	1.13
16	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	176.0	722	1.14
17	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	192.1	797	1.14
18	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	191.1	780	1.14
19	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	199.0	812	1.15
20	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	200.0	810	1.16
21	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	170.1	709	1.16
22	C. MortonCharlie Morton	HOU	167.0	695	1.16
23	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	192.2	796	1.16
24	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	175.2	724	1.17
25	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	191.1	808	1.18
26	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	170.2	701	1.18
27	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	191.0	785	1.18
28	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	162.0	662	1.18
29	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	172.0	714	1.18
30	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	174.0	712	1.18
31	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	180.0	749	1.20
32	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	196.0	817	1.20
33	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	169.2	708	1.22
34	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	166.2	686	1.22
35	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	202.1	844	1.25
36	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	190.2	806	1.26
37	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	177.0	758	1.27
38	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	188.2	799	1.27
39	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	176.0	737	1.27
40	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	180.1	760	1.28
41	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	172.2	724	1.29
42	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	171.1	727	1.29
43	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	185.2	784	1.30
44	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	183.2	776	1.30
45	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	196.2	826	1.30
46	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	164.0	694	1.30
47	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	204.2	871	1.31
48	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	181.2	761	1.31
49	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	204.2	874	1.31
50	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	174.1	739	1.32

WHIP: Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. Hit-by-pitches are not included.

Understanding WHIP

Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. Hit-by-pitches are not included.

Formula: 3 × (BB + H) ÷ outs recorded

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.