lowest fip by a pitcher in a season with at least 30 gs since 1920

Since 1920, Dwight Gooden has the lowest fielding-independent pitching with 30+ starts in a season, with a FIP of 1.68 in his rookie season in 1984.

	NAME	FIP	GS	SEASON	TM	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.68	31	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	2.60	276	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	48	6.65	44.6
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.77	34	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	1.12	268	28	13	0	304.2	198	38	49	11	62	7	0	6	1,161	4	7.92	1.83	4.32	0.32	23.1	5.3	0.85	.230	1.45	38	63	5.85	34.8
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.85	40	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.833	1.88	306	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	62	6.19	41.9
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.93	35	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	1.76	289	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	58	6.60	44.5
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.93	41	1965	LAD	43	26	8	.765	2.04	382	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	63	61	5.79	47.9
6	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1.96	34	1946	DET	37	26	9	.743	1.94	275	29	6	1	292.2	215	63	77	10	98	1	2		1,176	8	8.46	3.01	2.81	0.31	23.4	8.3	1.07	.259	2.37	54	56	6.61	49.6
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.98	32	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	1.70	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	50	6.30	49
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.98	33	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	2.13	301	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	52	6.31	47.7
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.00	41	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	1.97	310	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	59	6.68	53.5
10	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2.04	32	1968	CLE	34	21	9	.700	1.60	264	19	9	0	258.1	152	46	53	16	73	4	0	4	987	3	9.20	2.54	3.62	0.56	26.7	7.4	0.87	.216	1.85	53	64	5.30	33
11	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.07	41	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	1.73	317	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	53	65	6.72	41.8
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2.08	30	1995	SEA	30	18	2	.900	2.48	294	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	44	6.68	62
13	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2.08	35	1965	CLE	42	17	11	.607	2.18	325	14	3	4	273.0	178	66	80	9	132	6	5	7	1,116	17	10.71	4.35	2.46	0.30	29.1	11.8	1.14	.262	2.64	63	58	5.87	45.4
14	Bob Veale B. Veale	2.11	37	1965	PIT	39	17	12	.586	2.84	276	14	7	0	266.0	221	84	98	5	119	7	2	7	1,126	17	9.34	4.03	2.32	0.17	24.5	10.6	1.28	.300	3.32	80	62	7.48	38.8
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2.12	34	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	2.49	372	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	48	6.52	63.9
16	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.12	35	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	1.53	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	59	6.44	45.6
17	Mike Scott M. Scott	2.15	37	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	2.22	306	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	61	5.95	43.6
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.15	37	1971	LAD	38	17	12	.586	2.54	194	12	4	1	265.1	231	75	85	10	55	5	1	5	1,059	5	6.58	1.87	3.53	0.34	18.3	5.2	1.08	.278	2.88	77	67	7.84	32
19	Bob Feller B. Feller	2.16	42	1946	CLE	48	26	15	.634	2.18	348	36	10	4	371.1	277	90	101	11	153	3	5		1,512	3	8.43	3.71	2.27	0.27	23.0	10.1	1.16	.267	2.45	65	65	6.71	48.3
20	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.16	30	2026	MIL	30	16	5	.762	1.80	252	1	1	0	174.2	96	35	43	14	44	9	0	0	665	6	12.98	2.27	5.73	0.72	37.9	6.6	0.80	.237	2.22	43	52	4.95	39.2
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.17	35	1988	BOS	35	18	12	.600	2.93	291	14	8	0	264.0	217	86	93	17	62	6	0	4	1,063	4	9.92	2.11	4.69	0.58	27.4	5.8	1.06	.291	3.17	72	56	7.40	50.5
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.17	31	1990	BOS	31	21	6	.778	1.93	209	7	4	0	228.1	193	49	59	7	54	7	0	3	920	8	8.24	2.13	3.87	0.28	22.7	5.9	1.08	.289	2.33	47	55	7.61	44.8
23	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	2.18	35	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	1.74	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	58	6.15	48.5
24	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2.19	32	2011	PHI	32	19	6	.760	2.35	220	8	1	0	233.2	208	61	65	10	35	4	0	4	933	2	8.47	1.35	6.29	0.39	23.6	3.8	1.04	.298	2.50	61	56	8.01	43.5
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.19	39	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	1.82	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	66	6.03	41.4

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Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	NYM	@	MIA	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	NYM	@	MIA	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	NYM	@	MIA	4:00 AM
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
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Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
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