lowest fip by a player with at least 1000 ip between 1981 to 1987

Between the 1981 and 1987 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a FIP of 2.83.

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.83	1401.0	214	83	73	.532	214	3.03	1,438	30	10	0	1,050	472	541	83	611	34	0	24	5,804	84	9.24	3.93	2.35	0.53	24.8	10.5	1.19	.266	3.48	87	82	6.75	102.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	3.05	1788.0	234	111	82	.575	234	3.11	1,448	96	27	0	1,541	618	707	111	659	14	0	44	7,413	68	7.29	3.32	2.20	0.56	19.5	8.9	1.23	.276	3.56	87	85	7.76	105
3	Bob Welch B. Welch	3.23	1414.1	212	89	67	.571	210	3.16	1,021	39	18	0	1,267	496	547	105	428	30	0	30	5,848	28	6.50	2.72	2.39	0.67	17.5	7.3	1.20	.273	3.48	89	90	8.06	56.8
4	Mike Scott M. Scott	3.24	1326.2	224	79	71	.527	206	3.53	949	23	12	3	1,212	521	586	97	414	20	12	24	5,505	28	6.44	2.81	2.29	0.66	17.2	7.5	1.23	.277	3.98	100	92	8.22	45.2
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.30	1418.2	212	80	74	.519	201	3.64	1,162	41	10	1	1,341	573	668	115	536	10	5	37	5,989	59	7.37	3.40	2.17	0.73	19.4	8.9	1.32	.294	4.24	96	88	8.51	64.5
6	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	3.39	1135.1	201	65	59	.524	174	3.47	538	31	10	2	1,177	438	514	77	262	16	15	39	4,760	26	4.26	2.08	2.05	0.61	11.3	5.5	1.27	.284	4.07	96	93	9.33	27.7
7	John Denny J. Denny	3.39	1105.1	162	64	56	.533	162	3.44	678	28	7	0	1,065	422	485	71	370	24	0	27	4,650	31	5.52	3.01	1.83	0.58	14.6	8.0	1.30	.283	3.95	91	90	8.67	44.5
8	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	3.40	1498.0	224	88	77	.533	222	3.51	887	41	9	1	1,507	585	642	103	459	18	2	41	6,267	54	5.33	2.76	1.93	0.62	14.2	7.3	1.31	.293	3.86	94	91	9.05	58.7
9	Mario Soto M. Soto	3.46	1337.0	188	81	69	.540	187	3.33	1,144	64	10	0	1,075	494	543	138	476	20	1	28	5,489	27	7.70	3.20	2.40	0.93	20.8	8.7	1.16	.252	3.66	89	93	7.24	34.4
10	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	3.54	1018.2	184	57	57	.500	163	3.64	676	17	2	4	993	412	458	108	247	11	8	21	4,207	12	5.97	2.18	2.74	0.95	16.1	5.9	1.22	.280	4.05	95	93	8.77	28
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	3.55	1265.2	229	68	72	.486	176	4.02	764	32	7	16	1,304	565	610	135	245	25	33	28	5,280	8	5.43	1.74	3.12	0.96	14.5	4.6	1.22	.284	4.34	99	90	9.27	58.4
12	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.55	1364.0	203	92	59	.609	193	3.65	928	50	7	0	1,327	553	594	154	317	8	4	17	5,632	26	6.12	2.09	2.93	1.02	16.5	5.6	1.21	.278	3.92	92	89	8.76	68.6
13	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	3.57	1338.2	216	77	69	.527	212	3.74	948	33	8	1	1,342	556	635	125	441	22	1	49	5,724	49	6.37	2.96	2.15	0.84	16.6	7.7	1.33	.291	4.27	104	97	9.02	14.2
14	Mike Witt M. Witt	3.59	1475.1	237	87	73	.544	205	3.60	1,013	53	8	5	1,398	590	668	126	508	40	18	28	6,203	48	6.18	3.10	1.99	0.77	16.3	8.2	1.29	.282	4.08	89	86	8.53	95.6
15	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	3.60	1450.0	235	75	85	.469	220	3.54	798	38	16	1	1,457	571	664	123	394	23	5	34	6,069	26	4.95	2.45	2.03	0.76	13.1	6.5	1.28	.282	4.12	101	103	9.04	-25.6
16	Bill Gullickson B. Gullickson	3.67	1502.0	223	91	81	.529	223	3.67	796	36	7	0	1,483	613	672	146	348	19	0	43	6,208	32	4.77	2.09	2.29	0.87	12.8	5.6	1.22	.273	4.03	99	98	8.89	9
17	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.68	1413.1	191	88	68	.564	190	3.51	1,036	74	14	0	1,300	551	613	157	403	49	0	18	5,848	35	6.60	2.57	2.57	1.00	17.7	6.9	1.20	.272	3.90	83	89	8.28	70
18	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.70	1318.1	198	86	53	.619	189	3.26	773	38	14	1	1,231	477	529	129	358	23	4	19	5,427	17	5.28	2.44	2.16	0.88	14.2	6.6	1.21	.266	3.61	83	98	8.40	10.9
19	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	3.71	1239.2	252	63	80	.441	162	3.61	753	40	8	9	1,200	497	581	113	388	27	57	35	5,241	24	5.47	2.82	1.94	0.82	14.4	7.4	1.28	.274	4.22	91	95	8.71	25
20	Rick Honeycutt R. Honeycutt	3.73	1141.1	210	64	80	.444	183	3.65	522	26	8	1	1,178	463	542	89	320	21	8	37	4,808	17	4.12	2.52	1.63	0.70	10.9	6.7	1.31	.282	4.27	98	100	9.29	-2.4
21	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.73	1466.0	224	91	75	.548	223	3.70	878	22	6	0	1,401	603	654	163	347	20	0	11	6,064	26	5.39	2.13	2.53	1.00	14.5	5.7	1.19	.266	4.02	96	94	8.60	28.1
22	LaMarr Hoyt L. Hoyt	3.74	1196.0	218	89	65	.578	159	3.95	626	45	7	10	1,188	525	571	132	238	16	34	21	4,913	10	4.71	1.79	2.63	0.99	12.7	4.8	1.19	.271	4.30	102	96	8.94	23.9
23	Joaquin Andujar J. Andujar	3.75	1316.2	212	85	68	.556	195	3.55	662	45	14	2	1,222	519	568	109	382	35	6	41	5,426	20	4.53	2.61	1.73	0.75	12.2	7.0	1.22	.263	3.88	97	103	8.35	-20.6
24	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	3.79	1295.0	201	84	59	.587	184	3.76	929	41	11	1	1,208	541	598	114	551	23	8	37	5,500	47	6.46	3.83	1.69	0.79	16.9	10.0	1.36	.282	4.16	93	95	8.40	32
25	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	3.80	1446.0	222	84	83	.503	221	3.50	750	41	10	0	1,340	563	651	105	535	28	0	23	6,092	96	4.67	3.33	1.40	0.65	12.3	8.8	1.30	.264	4.05	97	106	8.34	-42.6