lowest fip by a player with at least 1000 ip between 1978 to 1983

Between the 1978 and 1983 seasons, Steve Carlton had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a FIP of 2.80.

	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.80	1571.2	206	109	64	.630	206	2.91	1,400	75	20	0	1,355	509	580	116	474	15	0	48	6,402	61	8.02	2.71	2.95	0.66	21.9	7.4	1.16	.282	3.32	79	77	7.76	148.1
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.97	1286.2	185	78	63	.553	185	3.18	1,251	55	18	0	986	454	518	68	638	25	0	18	5,386	71	8.75	4.46	1.96	0.48	23.2	11.8	1.26	.270	3.62	90	83	6.90	86.9
3	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	2.98	1102.2	192	68	48	.586	152	3.04	568	40	14	6	1,071	372	446	50	250	14	23	35	4,559	24	4.64	2.04	2.27	0.41	12.5	5.5	1.20	.278	3.64	86	83	8.74	73.9
4	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.09	1329.0	193	106	43	.711	179	2.99	1,037	63	18	3	1,153	441	485	112	378	6	8	8	5,388	37	7.02	2.56	2.74	0.76	19.2	7.0	1.15	.270	3.28	77	79	7.81	123.8
5	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.11	1459.1	197	90	61	.596	196	2.89	828	72	22	1	1,317	469	518	75	411	22	1	41	5,953	28	5.11	2.53	2.01	0.46	13.9	6.9	1.18	.269	3.19	81	87	8.12	75.3
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.14	1033.2	153	54	47	.535	151	3.47	771	34	7	0	995	399	438	77	312	27	1	23	4,329	25	6.71	2.72	2.47	0.67	17.8	7.2	1.26	.292	3.81	91	83	8.66	73.1
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.29	1305.1	187	76	62	.551	185	3.26	841	38	9	2	1,157	473	530	115	309	15	2	25	5,311	15	5.80	2.13	2.72	0.79	15.8	5.8	1.12	.258	3.65	91	91	7.98	46.9
8	Len Barker L. Barker	3.29	1017.2	179	58	57	.504	140	4.32	753	33	6	4	988	489	535	69	391	13	18	13	4,361	53	6.66	3.46	1.93	0.61	17.3	9.0	1.36	.293	4.73	107	82	8.74	81
9	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.33	1042.1	168	66	51	.564	161	3.37	596	21	2	3	1,037	390	422	85	233	17	5	23	4,284	9	5.15	2.01	2.56	0.73	13.9	5.4	1.22	.284	3.64	91	90	8.95	40.9
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.41	1252.2	188	68	65	.511	186	3.66	687	33	5	0	1,331	510	588	95	324	26	2	30	5,280	40	4.94	2.33	2.12	0.68	13.0	6.1	1.32	.298	4.22	97	89	9.56	57.4
11	Tommy John T. John	3.43	1351.1	197	94	61	.606	189	3.43	496	66	11	1	1,429	515	597	78	301	23	6	17	5,625	46	3.30	2.00	1.65	0.52	8.8	5.4	1.28	.286	3.98	88	87	9.52	77.8
12	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	3.46	1422.0	207	96	72	.571	200	3.19	702	62	16	0	1,291	504	572	77	471	28	3	15	5,908	80	4.44	2.98	1.49	0.49	11.9	8.0	1.24	.262	3.62	95	101	8.17	-10.9
13	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	3.46	1041.2	168	71	43	.623	141	3.31	625	33	7	2	1,005	383	435	72	360	17	16	17	4,354	26	5.40	3.11	1.74	0.62	14.4	8.3	1.31	.284	3.76	90	95	8.68	19.2
14	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.48	1077.2	172	68	49	.581	165	3.26	563	35	12	1	991	390	434	79	313	8	1	17	4,443	23	4.70	2.61	1.80	0.66	12.7	7.0	1.21	.262	3.62	92	97	8.28	12.9
15	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	3.51	1222.1	195	55	72	.433	182	3.53	681	44	17	1	1,224	480	550	86	392	26	5	37	5,185	25	5.01	2.89	1.74	0.63	13.1	7.6	1.32	.285	4.05	102	102	9.01	-14.4
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.52	1206.2	219	65	68	.489	161	3.91	720	29	5	14	1,236	524	573	98	368	24	35	32	5,082	20	5.37	2.74	1.96	0.73	14.2	7.2	1.33	.294	4.27	98	90	9.22	55.7
17	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	3.54	1044.2	178	61	58	.513	171	3.87	705	17	5	0	1,043	449	513	73	427	24	3	45	4,519	40	6.07	3.68	1.65	0.63	15.6	9.4	1.41	.295	4.42	102	96	8.99	19.1
18	Dennis Lamp D. Lamp	3.61	1059.2	236	53	60	.469	147	3.76	435	21	7	20	1,135	443	504	65	315	21	53	35	4,506	22	3.69	2.68	1.38	0.55	9.7	7.0	1.37	.292	4.28	94	93	9.64	32.9
19	Dick Ruthven D. Ruthven	3.64	1111.1	174	75	56	.573	171	3.98	558	38	10	0	1,129	492	547	90	318	18	0	35	4,671	26	4.52	2.58	1.75	0.73	11.9	6.8	1.30	.282	4.43	107	99	9.14	6.7
20	John Denny J. Denny	3.64	1097.2	160	65	53	.551	160	3.63	607	38	9	0	1,034	443	482	71	423	27	0	24	4,609	39	4.98	3.47	1.43	0.58	13.2	9.2	1.33	.277	3.95	96	98	8.48	9.5
21	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.65	1110.0	168	67	57	.540	163	3.67	657	37	9	0	1,037	453	491	88	411	4	4	29	4,665	33	5.33	3.33	1.60	0.71	14.1	8.8	1.30	.271	3.98	100	101	8.41	-10.1
22	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	3.67	1133.2	198	68	55	.553	148	3.37	422	53	16	7	1,115	425	470	84	258	27	31	26	4,681	10	3.35	2.05	1.64	0.67	9.0	5.5	1.21	.265	3.73	91	97	8.85	13.1
23	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.67	1526.2	219	90	77	.539	214	3.41	966	65	13	2	1,419	578	664	134	534	33	3	22	6,397	50	5.69	3.15	1.81	0.79	15.1	8.3	1.28	.272	3.91	88	95	8.37	37.4
24	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	3.67	1275.2	192	94	58	.618	190	3.78	710	62	13	0	1,270	536	574	117	372	16	1	14	5,311	42	5.01	2.62	1.91	0.83	13.4	7.0	1.29	.281	4.05	99	93	8.96	37.5
25	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	3.69	1122.0	151	65	59	.524	149	3.41	577	65	16	0	1,013	425	469	81	360	40	0	21	4,643	18	4.63	2.89	1.60	0.65	12.4	7.8	1.22	.260	3.76	81	90	8.13	50.6