Since 1900, Rube Waddell has the lowest fielding-independent pitching, with a FIP of 1.99.

Interpreted as:

lowest career fip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player in modern era

	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	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	1.99	395	186	140	.571	330	2.13	2,267	251	49	4	2868.1	2,374	679	1,019	33	783	106	52		11,337	72	7.11	2.46	2.90	0.10	20.0	6.9	1.10	.287	3.20	75	71	7.45	257.5
2	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	2.02	430	195	126	.607	315	1.82	1,736	250	57	35	2964.1	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	79	7.12	164.3
3	Heinie Berger H. Berger	2.11	90	32	29	.525	68	2.60	337	42	5	1	599.0	504	173	215	3	176	20	17		2,309	23	5.06	2.64	1.91	0.05	14.6	7.6	1.14	.283	3.23	106	89	7.57	16
4	Rube Vickers R. Vickers	2.15	88	22	27	.449	45	2.93	213	29	7	2	458.0	426	149	216	1	119	16	34		1,839	12	4.19	2.34	1.79	0.02	11.6	6.5	1.19	.285	4.24	114	90	8.37	12
5	Cy Young C. Young	2.20	442	244	165	.597	404	2.19	1,678	363	48	9	3633.2	3,237	886	1,263	51	449	76	34		14,008	61	4.16	1.11	3.74	0.13	12.0	3.2	1.01	.271	3.13	75	76	8.02	287.8
6	Addie Joss A. Joss	2.25	286	160	97	.623	260	1.89	920	234	45	5	2327.0	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	86	7.30	88.8
7	Joe Wood J. Wood	2.26	225	117	57	.672	158	2.03	989	121	28	10	1434.1	1,138	324	497	10	421	49	56		5,640	43	6.21	2.64	2.35	0.06	17.5	7.5	1.09	.270	3.12	70	78	7.14	105.8
8	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.26	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	2,507	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	76	7.93	363
9	Glenn Liebhardt G. Liebhardt	2.27	90	36	35	.507	66	2.17	280	49	7	2	612.2	543	148	225	3	183	14	23		2,419	21	4.11	2.69	1.53	0.04	11.6	7.6	1.18	.278	3.31	89	98	7.98	1.6
10	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.29	459	212	127	.625	334	2.46	1,711	255	40	34	3017.0	2,645	823	1,108	40	712	102	112		11,895	79	5.10	2.12	2.40	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.31	88	83	7.89	145.9
11	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	2.32	149	71	44	.617	128	2.02	503	75	17	0	1067.1	869	240	365	6	293	39	12		4,236	16	4.24	2.47	1.72	0.05	11.9	6.9	1.09	.254	3.08	77	86	7.33	44.3
12	Reb Russell R. Russell	2.35	242	80	59	.576	148	2.33	495	81	24	13	1291.2	1,128	335	453	7	267	18	60		5,021	21	3.45	1.86	1.85	0.05	9.9	5.3	1.08	.265	3.16	84	83	7.86	68.6
13	Frank Arellanes F. Arellanes	2.36	74	24	22	.522	49	2.28	148	25	2	8	409.2	358	104	147	5	85	11	23		1,602	8	3.25	1.87	1.74	0.11	9.2	5.3	1.08	.261	3.23	91	96	7.86	4.4
14	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	2.37	160	56	39	.589	85	2.56	476	55	9	17	863.0	703	245	309	15	235	31	60		3,387	16	4.96	2.45	2.03	0.16	14.1	6.9	1.09	.262	3.22	97	90	7.33	26.6
15	Orval Overall O. Overall	2.39	218	108	71	.603	182	2.26	935	133	30	12	1535.1	1,232	385	520	16	551	45	30		6,145	57	5.48	3.23	1.70	0.09	15.2	9.0	1.16	.264	3.05	81	85	7.22	72.4
16	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.39	55	21	13	.618	55	1.96	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	58	6.46	61
17	Harry Suter H. Suter	2.40	18	2	3	.400	7	2.47	53	3	1	1	87.1	72	24	34	2	28	4	11		394	1	5.46	2.89	1.89	0.21	13.5	7.1	1.15	.228	3.50	106	106	7.42	-2.1
18	Fred Anderson F. Anderson	2.41	178	53	57	.482	114	2.86	514	62	11	8	986.1	912	313	415	22	247	15	42		3,989	31	4.69	2.25	2.08	0.20	12.9	6.2	1.18	.279	3.79	99	87	8.32	39.1
19	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.42	481	239	130	.648	332	2.06	1,375	271	55	49	3172.1	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	83	7.68	161.9
20	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.42	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	3,509	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	76	7.48	472.8
21	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.43	76	38	17	.691	76	2.58	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	64	6.82	73
22	Irv Higginbotham I. Higginbotham	2.44	48	10	14	.417	24	2.81	86	16	1	1	243.2	232	76	109	1	66	7	16		1,015	8	3.18	2.44	1.30	0.04	8.5	6.5	1.22	.270	4.03	115	95	8.57	3.1
23	Fred Glade F. Glade	2.45	132	52	68	.433	126	2.62	464	107	14	2	1072.2	950	312	411	11	237	48	6		4,243	14	3.89	1.99	1.96	0.09	10.9	5.6	1.11	.270	3.45	103	99	7.97	-1.6
24	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.45	623	326	194	.627	529	2.35	2,246	410	69	23	4495.2	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	86	7.92	195.2
25	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	2.46	330	168	92	.646	251	2.50	861	209	25	11	2286.0	2,187	636	893	31	299	52	68		9,065	42	3.39	1.18	2.88	0.12	9.5	3.3	1.09	.276	3.52	85	81	8.61	149.2