lowest career fip by a pitcher with 2000 or more ip since 1947

Since 1947, Sandy Koufax has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 2000 innings, with a FIP of 2.69.

	NAME	FIP	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.69	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	75	6.79	226.6
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.84	2781.1	440	216	94	.697	437	2.51	2,997	25	15	0	2,124	775	850	232	691	44	1	28	10,972	105	9.70	2.24	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	70	6.87	366.2
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.88	2047.2	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	2,528	16	3	12	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	69	7.33	296.8
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.89	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	3,117	255	56	6	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	81	7.60	290.5
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.91	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	68	7.07	454.6
6	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.96	2147.1	406	128	115	.527	294	2.92	1,534	83	33	23	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	83	7.81	140.2
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.96	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	83	6.56	370.2
8	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	3.02	3432.0	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	2,486	167	49	6	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	88	8.09	162.2
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.03	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	85	7.47	286.1
10	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	3.04	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	88	8.09	154.8
11	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	3.05	2363.0	361	125	126	.498	318	3.18	1,516	97	30	3	2,276	835	970	161	638	26	23	69	9,789	68	5.77	2.43	2.38	0.61	15.5	6.5	1.23	.284	3.69	87	84	8.67	153.5
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.06	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	3,534	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	85	8.31	312.9
13	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	3.06	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	84	7.03	160.4
14	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	3.06	2254.1	1,070	143	122	.540	52	2.52	1,610	20	5	228	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	82	7.01	167.6
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.08	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	71	7.66	680.4
16	Bill Singer B. Singer	3.08	2174.0	322	118	127	.482	308	3.39	1,515	94	24	2	1,952	819	944	132	781	63	7	50	9,143	67	6.27	3.23	1.94	0.55	16.6	8.5	1.26	.274	3.91	100	93	8.08	49.9
17	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.14	5217.2	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	4,136	254	55	2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	86	8.06	271.5
18	Ron Reed R. Reed	3.15	2477.1	751	146	140	.510	236	3.46	1,481	55	8	103	2,374	953	1,084	182	633	50	300	124	10,304	72	5.38	2.30	2.34	0.66	14.4	6.1	1.21	.275	3.94	94	87	8.62	129.5
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.18	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	73	7.28	554.3
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.18	2891.0	469	215	112	.657	460	3.17	3,419	12	5	0	2,358	1,017	1,090	338	759	112	2	20	11,680	79	10.64	2.36	4.50	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	77	7.34	309
21	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.18	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	3,701	242	60	0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	82	8.39	368.6
22	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	3.19	2139.1	987	141	119	.542	74	3.45	1,361	18	2	174	2,099	821	934	172	623	15	577	136	8,971	112	5.73	2.62	2.18	0.72	15.2	6.9	1.27	.283	3.93	92	86	8.83	123.8
23	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.19	2837.2	399	158	152	.510	393	3.17	1,621	129	37	2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	88	8.31	137.7
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.19	3638.1	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	2,832	195	41	10	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	87	8.33	188.5
25	Mike Garcia M. Garcia	3.20	2174.2	428	142	97	.594	281	3.27	1,117	111	27	24	2,148	789	888	122	719	33	77	23	9,237	30	4.62	2.98	1.55	0.50	12.1	7.8	1.32	.280	3.68	85	83	8.89	152.8