lowest career fip since 1950 with at least 500 games started

Since 1950, Nolan Ryan has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when starting 500+ games, with a FIP of 2.96.

Interpreted as:

lowest career fip by a player since 1950 with at least 500 games started

	NAME	FIP	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.96	773	807	324	292	.526	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	5386.0	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
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.03	647	656	311	205	.603	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	4783.0	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
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.06	690	777	314	265	.542	3.11	3,534	303	53	10	5350.0	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
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.08	707	709	354	184	.658	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4916.2	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
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.14	709	741	329	244	.574	3.22	4,136	254	55	2	5217.2	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
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.18	603	618	303	166	.646	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	4135.1	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
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.18	685	692	287	250	.534	3.31	3,701	242	60	0	4970.0	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
8	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.21	529	557	214	191	.528	3.37	2,015	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	85	9.10	225.7
9	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.22	519	591	224	184	.549	3.27	2,855	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	88	8.22	195.2
10	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.23	756	774	324	256	.559	3.26	3,574	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	90	7.99	181.2
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.25	527	612	222	209	.515	3.36	2,556	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	92	90	8.52	152.5
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.25	740	744	355	227	.610	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	78	8.49	519.5
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.27	594	664	284	226	.557	3.34	3,192	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	88	8.28	222.9
14	Tommy John T. John	3.37	700	760	288	231	.555	3.34	2,245	162	46	3	4710.1	4,783	1,749	2,017	302	1,259	98	22	102	19,692	187	4.29	2.41	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	90	89	9.14	208.3
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	3.41	625	898	283	237	.544	3.45	2,461	180	31	17	4530.1	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	116	19,023	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	93	91	9.18	165.8
16	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.43	534	534	262	149	.637	3.31	3,451	26	9	0	3457.2	2,931	1,273	1,377	361	967	116	0	27	14,123	97	8.98	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.4	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	78	81	7.63	305.9
17	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	3.45	547	628	220	191	.535	3.64	1,907	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,700	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,582	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	100	95	9.16	68.4
18	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.45	539	608	298	204	.594	3.10	2,121	310	49	23	4253.1	3,933	1,463	1,628	367	1,140	36	55	60	17,458	64	4.49	2.41	1.86	0.78	12.1	6.5	1.19	.259	3.44	85	96	8.32	77
19	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	3.49	558	613	264	221	.544	3.40	2,178	285	42	21	4315.1	4,205	1,629	1,798	480	766	45	40	69	17,637	31	4.54	1.60	2.84	1.00	12.3	4.3	1.15	.263	3.75	89	91	8.77	169
20	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3.50	521	558	268	152	.638	2.86	2,212	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	95	7.63	83.2
21	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.51	541	586	225	156	.591	3.49	2,979	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	85	8.52	235
22	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	3.57	536	537	270	153	.638	3.68	2,813	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	79	8.74	372.8
23	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.61	716	864	318	274	.537	3.35	3,342	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	226	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	87	95	8.40	116.1
24	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	3.73	521	531	256	153	.626	3.85	2,448	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	86	83	9.36	282.1
25	CC Sabathia	3.77	560	561	251	161	.609	3.74	3,093	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	87	8.56	223.7