Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Bruce Sutter had the lowest fielding-independent pitching, with a FIP of 2.16.

Interpreted as:

best fip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game as a pitcher in the 1970s

	NAME	FIP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	2.16	240	27	22	.551	0	2.33	418	0	0	105	390.2	281	101	121	22	115	2	179	27	1,560	26	9.63	2.65	3.63	0.51	26.8	7.4	1.01	.258	2.79	58	56	6.47	72.9
2	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	2.61	116	59	19	.756	91	2.49	652	40	16	3	752.1	599	208	234	46	221	2	14	3	2,994	23	7.80	2.64	2.95	0.55	21.8	7.4	1.09	.267	2.80	64	66	7.17	112
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.64	348	178	101	.638	345	2.61	2,304	147	40	0	2652.1	2,105	768	843	190	741	28	2	65	10,607	64	7.82	2.51	3.11	0.64	21.7	7.0	1.07	.261	2.86	73	74	7.14	272
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.80	353	148	128	.536	350	2.88	2,082	145	39	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	76	8.01	260.7
5	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.83	640	84	85	.497	29	2.89	973	3	1	209	1219.0	1,038	391	438	84	353	32	480	74	4,953	25	7.18	2.61	2.76	0.62	19.6	7.1	1.14	.272	3.23	84	79	7.66	100.9
6	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.89	251	102	98	.510	245	2.97	1,215	85	28	1	1803.0	1,662	595	693	115	485	20	4	62	7,405	51	6.06	2.42	2.51	0.57	16.4	6.5	1.19	.278	3.46	84	81	8.30	133.8
7	J.R. Richard	2.92	221	97	67	.591	204	3.24	1,374	72	15	0	1492.1	1,162	538	594	71	730	17	3	14	6,236	90	8.29	4.40	1.88	0.43	22.0	11.7	1.27	.270	3.58	95	84	7.01	94.8
8	Terry Forster T. Forster	2.92	360	38	52	.422	39	3.41	591	5	0	100	774.0	735	293	330	34	324	15	213	34	3,301	36	6.87	3.77	1.82	0.40	17.9	9.8	1.37	.300	3.84	93	80	8.55	62.8
9	Jim Kern J. Kern	2.93	256	42	35	.545	12	2.72	499	1	0	75	539.0	428	163	188	20	276	21	178	32	2,261	23	8.33	4.61	1.81	0.33	22.1	12.2	1.31	.282	3.14	71	75	7.15	58
10	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.99	179	84	64	.568	171	3.20	998	89	14	2	1361.2	1,218	484	538	87	475	26	4	57	5,688	39	6.60	3.14	2.10	0.58	17.5	8.4	1.24	.276	3.56	87	85	8.05	83
11	Dave Lemonds D. Lemonds	2.99	31	4	7	.364	18	2.95	69	0	0	0	94.2	87	31	39	6	38	1	2	3	400	3	6.56	3.61	1.82	0.57	17.3	9.5	1.32	.283	3.71	93	91	8.27	3.1
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.02	369	184	133	.580	368	2.92	1,907	197	36	1	2905.0	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	1	75	11,759	68	5.91	2.35	2.52	0.64	16.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.37	80	83	7.93	199.6
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.05	348	155	146	.515	333	3.14	2,678	164	42	2	2465.0	1,731	860	984	133	1,515	75	8	34	10,453	116	9.78	5.53	1.77	0.49	25.6	14.5	1.32	.264	3.59	89	85	6.32	150.5
14	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	3.08	600	69	59	.539	0	2.61	590	0	0	190	960.1	847	278	329	51	319	10	477	55	3,947	41	5.53	2.99	1.85	0.48	14.9	8.1	1.21	.267	3.08	71	83	7.94	67.9
15	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	3.09	363	35	22	.614	0	2.65	313	0	0	83	540.1	459	159	187	21	190	7	214	59	2,230	14	5.21	3.16	1.65	0.35	14.0	8.5	1.20	.258	3.11	71	83	7.65	36.9
16	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	3.10	163	55	54	.505	158	3.38	784	29	11	0	1069.1	1,023	401	453	75	344	21	2	39	4,519	21	6.60	2.90	2.28	0.63	17.3	7.6	1.28	.288	3.81	92	88	8.61	48.7
17	Mike Bruhert M. Bruhert	3.11	27	4	11	.267	22	4.78	56	1	1	0	133.2	171	71	83	6	34	1	1	5	585	10	3.77	2.29	1.65	0.40	9.6	5.8	1.53	.338	5.59	139	89	11.51	5.8
18	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.11	284	114	101	.530	274	3.43	1,122	57	17	3	1834.1	1,856	699	790	115	508	48	7	64	7,734	56	5.50	2.49	2.21	0.56	14.5	6.6	1.29	.293	3.88	87	81	9.11	149.6
19	Tommy John T. John	3.11	294	133	84	.613	282	3.09	1,029	74	20	1	1973.0	1,934	677	801	109	520	34	7	39	8,180	75	4.69	2.37	1.98	0.50	12.6	6.4	1.24	.281	3.65	85	84	8.82	133.7
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.11	352	166	110	.601	349	3.07	1,767	117	39	2	2557.1	2,174	871	975	214	660	45	3	45	10,403	63	6.22	2.32	2.68	0.75	17.0	6.3	1.11	.254	3.43	87	88	7.65	121.3
21	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	3.11	193	91	66	.580	187	2.93	1,120	85	24	0	1411.1	1,238	459	507	128	377	47	3	24	5,775	38	7.14	2.40	2.97	0.82	19.4	6.5	1.14	.271	3.23	82	85	7.89	88.7
22	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.12	230	86	94	.478	228	3.13	980	79	21	2	1638.2	1,498	570	647	89	509	25	2	39	6,741	58	5.38	2.80	1.93	0.49	14.5	7.6	1.22	.274	3.55	84	85	8.23	98.4
23	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	3.12	629	89	94	.486	10	2.98	771	0	0	177	1176.2	1,063	390	446	61	439	25	505	47	4,926	58	5.90	3.36	1.76	0.47	15.7	8.9	1.28	.276	3.41	81	84	8.13	78.6
24	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.12	330	155	109	.587	327	3.07	1,600	124	32	1	2398.2	2,080	819	927	161	780	19	1	42	9,827	69	6.00	2.93	2.05	0.60	16.3	7.9	1.19	.264	3.48	88	87	7.80	125.1
25	Bob Welch B. Welch	3.13	48	12	10	.545	25	2.85	130	5	3	8	192.2	174	61	70	13	58	4	16	6	788	2	6.07	2.71	2.24	0.61	16.5	7.4	1.20	.276	3.27	79	85	8.13	11.5