Two seasons with 50+ IP and WHIP under 0.8
Posted by Andy on September 20, 2007
Just one pitcher in history has 2 seasons with at least 50 IP and a WHIP under 0.8, but another one has a chance to do it this year.
Can you name these two pitchers? Click through for the answers.
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+ Jonathan Papelbon 2006 2007 25-26 2 Ind. Seasons Dennis Eckersley 1989 1990 34-35 2 Ind. Seasons Takashi Saito 2007 2007 37-37 1 Ind. Seasons J.J. Putz 2007 2007 30-30 1 Ind. Seasons Rafael Betancourt 2007 2007 32-32 1 Ind. Seasons Joe Nathan 2006 2006 31-31 1 Ind. Seasons Cla Meredith 2006 2006 23-23 1 Ind. Seasons Rafael Soriano 2003 2003 23-23 1 Ind. Seasons Eric Gagne 2003 2003 27-27 1 Ind. Seasons Pedro Martinez 2000 2000 28-28 1 Ind. Seasons Billy Wagner 1999 1999 27-27 1 Ind. Seasons Jeff Gray 1991 1991 28-28 1 Ind. Seasons Walter Johnson 1913 1913 25-25 1 Ind. Seasons
Papelbon, despite giving up a grand slam last night, is still under 0.8 for the year and, having done it last year as well, has a great shot at joining HOFer Eckersley in this club.
Are you surprised that only one player before 1991 had such a season? I am.
If the IP bar is lowered just 10 in a season, a WHIP under 0.8 has still been done just 89 times.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
While researching Joba's season I created this 1.0/1.0/1.0 list which shows what an amazing season Papelbon had last year.
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/Hg57
September 20th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Cool list, but why does it say ERA=9 at the top? I assume it should say K/9=9
September 20th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Whoops!
The list is right. I must have accidentally erased the title.
Its WHIP=9.00 sorted by IP
September 20th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Thats not what I typed either.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
WHIP=9.00
Sorted by IP
September 20th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Something is really wrong with this board.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
WHIP less than or equal to 1.
ERA less than or equal to 1.
SO per 9 greater than or equal to 9
sorted by IP.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I think the "greater than" and "less than signs confuse it. Maybe HTML needs to be disabled after all.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
That's six unanswered comments in a row, big fella.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
If at first you don't succeed....
Hey I don't get on you with your blank posts.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
That ain't my fault...
September 20th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
sure...
and I really typed WHIP=9.00 🙂
September 20th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
It's really not my fault. There's something funky with WordPress and I've been discussing it with Sean but we can't figure it out...
September 20th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I understand that.
Maybe I'm naive, but I didn't foresee the website truncating my comment.
If I really meant to write WHIP=9.00 (twice) I would have posted this: http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/QSVK
I don't know why anyone would want to know this, but here it is.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
testing... WHIP < 1, ERA < 1, SO/9 >= 9
September 20th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
WHIP = 9
September 20th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
"less than or equal to" is what does it
September 20th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
(instead of typing <, type < and instead of >, use >)
September 20th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
WHIP < =1, ERA < =1 , SO/9 > = 9
September 20th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
WHIP =1, ERA =1 , SO/9 = 9
September 20th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Got it. Thanks. Sorry for hijacking the post.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:42 am
Anybody else notice Kevin Seitzer at the bottom of that list! hahaha!
September 21st, 2007 at 7:40 am
Seitzer was one of the greatest pitchers of his generation...(heh)
September 21st, 2007 at 8:05 am
Were you surprised because scoring has been up since the 90's? Or because of something else?
September 21st, 2007 at 8:23 am
Yeah, I'm surprised that anybody can achieve less than a 0.8 WHIP these days, and I'm surprised that in all those intervening years where offense was so low, that nobody did it. In fact, I'm having trouble entirely believing the search results. But I guess the issues are that A) 0.8 is a VERY small number and B) in the age of specialization, a few guys here and there have really put together amazing seasons.
Probably the most impressive entry on that main list is Pedro, who did it while pitching a full season (217 IP) in an era of high offense.