lowest fip by a player with at least 1000 ip between 1970 to 1976

Between the 1970 and 1976 seasons, Tom Seaver had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a FIP of 2.46.

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	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	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.46	1916.1	247	125	75	.625	244	2.51	1,751	111	27	0	1,501	535	583	129	525	28	2	42	7,633	47	8.22	2.47	3.34	0.61	22.9	6.9	1.06	.264	2.74	71	71	7.05	221.1
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.63	1909.0	252	108	101	.517	249	2.80	1,546	115	30	0	1,699	593	672	128	484	51	2	29	7,758	38	7.29	2.28	3.19	0.60	19.9	6.2	1.14	.283	3.17	77	72	8.01	217.2
3	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.79	1279.0	177	75	66	.532	173	2.88	900	60	23	0	1,137	409	471	73	376	13	2	50	5,251	40	6.33	2.65	2.39	0.51	17.1	7.2	1.18	.274	3.31	83	81	8.00	95.1
4	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.94	1852.2	252	125	76	.622	250	2.90	1,317	90	33	1	1,538	596	664	141	476	36	2	30	7,507	48	6.40	2.31	2.77	0.68	17.5	6.3	1.09	.252	3.23	84	85	7.47	104.7
5	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.95	1624.0	223	109	66	.623	220	2.70	1,134	89	27	1	1,317	488	559	103	513	17	1	22	6,560	45	6.28	2.84	2.21	0.57	17.3	7.8	1.13	.253	3.10	80	83	7.30	107.5
6	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.99	1361.2	179	84	64	.568	171	3.20	998	89	14	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
7	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2.99	1100.2	174	62	64	.492	166	3.54	716	35	11	2	1,137	433	504	70	305	28	5	37	4,676	29	5.85	2.49	2.35	0.57	15.3	6.5	1.31	.300	4.12	92	79	9.30	94.8
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.03	1708.2	246	110	103	.516	231	3.07	1,854	111	30	2	1,181	582	664	94	1,049	57	8	17	7,236	73	9.77	5.53	1.77	0.50	25.6	14.5	1.31	.260	3.50	90	88	6.22	80
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.05	2173.2	266	136	104	.567	265	2.88	1,436	169	30	1	1,854	695	794	165	569	40	1	53	8,755	55	5.95	2.36	2.52	0.68	16.4	6.5	1.11	.258	3.29	78	84	7.68	140.9
10	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.09	2005.2	261	134	98	.578	259	3.30	1,415	147	25	0	1,837	735	818	210	360	45	2	45	8,140	26	6.35	1.62	3.93	0.94	17.4	4.4	1.10	.266	3.67	85	82	8.24	148.1
11	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	3.15	1859.2	311	119	105	.531	231	3.03	1,027	104	23	22	1,761	627	745	137	446	37	65	30	7,630	40	4.97	2.16	2.30	0.66	13.5	5.8	1.19	.271	3.61	83	86	8.52	104.2
12	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.16	1965.2	263	121	92	.568	261	3.25	1,525	123	23	0	1,754	709	801	158	719	19	0	64	8,191	65	6.98	3.29	2.12	0.72	18.6	8.8	1.26	.277	3.67	88	87	8.03	100
13	Tommy John T. John	3.16	1263.1	193	75	58	.564	185	3.13	671	39	14	0	1,211	440	515	77	352	22	3	28	5,246	52	4.78	2.51	1.91	0.55	12.8	6.7	1.24	.275	3.67	89	87	8.63	63.3
14	Tom Bradley T. Bradley	3.17	1015.2	180	55	60	.478	151	3.68	689	27	10	2	990	415	475	85	311	10	6	33	4,310	27	6.11	2.76	2.22	0.75	16.0	7.2	1.28	.281	4.21	103	88	8.77	45.6
15	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	3.18	1312.0	199	96	66	.593	196	3.15	708	49	11	0	1,254	459	543	73	398	35	1	42	5,510	21	4.86	2.73	1.78	0.50	12.8	7.2	1.26	.275	3.72	89	91	8.60	47.1
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.18	1555.2	230	93	79	.541	213	3.19	1,078	66	12	3	1,435	552	627	120	499	25	7	51	6,471	44	6.24	2.89	2.16	0.69	16.7	7.7	1.24	.277	3.63	91	91	8.30	53.9
17	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	3.19	1712.0	243	103	75	.579	225	2.74	1,229	84	24	9	1,326	521	601	126	608	31	15	26	6,972	43	6.46	3.20	2.02	0.66	17.6	8.7	1.13	.241	3.16	80	90	6.97	62.2
18	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3.20	1974.1	255	135	74	.646	253	2.49	1,161	127	35	2	1,622	546	617	129	622	22	2	29	8,000	42	5.29	2.84	1.87	0.59	14.5	7.8	1.14	.246	2.81	72	90	7.39	79.8
19	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.21	2026.0	272	113	114	.498	270	3.42	1,463	133	20	0	1,959	771	858	198	548	31	1	34	8,402	67	6.50	2.43	2.67	0.88	17.4	6.5	1.24	.286	3.81	93	87	8.70	109.7
20	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.22	1117.0	193	63	66	.488	155	3.44	651	43	15	1	1,064	427	483	77	343	9	11	28	4,676	30	5.25	2.76	1.90	0.62	13.9	7.3	1.26	.274	3.89	93	87	8.57	58.1
21	Ron Reed R. Reed	3.23	1250.2	225	66	81	.449	165	3.68	685	42	6	15	1,249	511	587	96	310	21	35	48	5,242	36	4.93	2.23	2.21	0.69	13.1	5.9	1.25	.279	4.22	97	87	8.99	65.8
22	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	3.26	1131.2	165	75	46	.620	165	3.07	607	31	6	0	1,021	386	416	97	248	6	0	34	4,581	17	4.83	1.97	2.45	0.77	13.3	5.4	1.12	.255	3.31	87	94	8.12	23.7
23	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	3.28	1547.0	256	85	92	.480	212	3.48	719	69	19	5	1,563	598	654	96	424	19	23	41	6,491	30	4.18	2.47	1.70	0.56	11.1	6.5	1.28	.280	3.80	99	95	9.09	31
24	Rudy May R. May	3.30	1381.0	241	74	80	.481	204	3.47	979	57	16	3	1,177	533	608	99	557	16	14	35	5,754	32	6.38	3.63	1.76	0.65	17.0	9.7	1.26	.263	3.96	102	95	7.67	25.6
25	Bill Hands B. Hands	3.31	1077.1	201	60	63	.488	146	3.58	617	40	9	6	1,091	428	493	94	270	17	38	24	4,532	29	5.15	2.26	2.29	0.79	13.6	6.0	1.26	.282	4.12	90	86	9.11	63.1

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