Good morning!
Perusing White Sox reliever stats prior to Friday night's game against the Detroit Tigers, something stood out to me: Liam Hendriks has recorded what seemed to me to be a miniscule WHIP: .754. Looking into franchise history, sure enough: for White Sox pitchers with as many appearances as Hendriks has had (67), that's the lowest -- ever. In fact, just one other White Sox pitcher has recorded a lower WHIP, but he had far fewer appearances, at 24.
Today's Sporcle will task you with naming other great WHIP seasons in franchise history. In order to give some great starting pitching seasons some love, in addition to the relievers, I've set the cut-off at 20 games and a WHIP of 1 or below. In all that's 52 entries: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the season and the WHIP recorded.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The average OPS+ against of the pitchers on this list: 50. Good luck to any hitters out there.
- The lowest ERA from the pitchers on this list? 0.81, while the highest is...5.02, in 2012. (Marred by one truly awful third of an inning against Boston, hint hint)
- The highest K% of the pitchers on this list is 42.6% (2017).
(Photo Credit: Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports)
All data from stathead.com
