lowest fip by a player with at least 1000 ip between 1986 to 1993

Between the 1986 and 1993 seasons, Roger Clemens had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a FIP of 2.72.

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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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.72	1991.0	266	147	77	.656	266	2.83	1,833	83	33	0	1,649	626	702	127	553	59	0	37	8,055	46	8.29	2.50	3.31	0.57	22.8	6.9	1.11	.278	3.17	66	67	7.45	293.3
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.87	1449.2	226	83	74	.529	226	3.33	1,631	20	7	0	1,052	537	607	107	609	49	0	18	5,987	83	10.13	3.78	2.68	0.66	27.2	10.2	1.15	.263	3.77	88	76	6.53	147.4
3	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.96	1633.2	232	113	68	.624	230	3.35	1,291	44	12	1	1,493	608	668	94	494	36	1	24	6,772	36	7.11	2.72	2.61	0.52	19.1	7.3	1.22	.288	3.68	93	80	8.23	131.9
4	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.06	1504.1	218	90	73	.552	210	3.27	1,036	57	14	0	1,417	546	594	111	301	31	4	25	6,113	36	6.20	1.80	3.44	0.66	16.9	4.9	1.14	.282	3.55	81	78	8.48	143.1
5	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	3.13	1418.2	256	89	65	.578	206	3.04	1,211	20	4	1	1,218	479	546	99	499	21	24	26	5,858	22	7.68	3.17	2.43	0.63	20.7	8.5	1.21	.278	3.46	79	79	7.73	122.6
6	David Cone D. Cone	3.13	1521.0	235	95	65	.594	206	3.14	1,418	40	16	1	1,264	531	591	112	574	42	9	27	6,315	82	8.39	3.40	2.47	0.66	22.5	9.1	1.21	.276	3.50	85	84	7.48	101.1
7	Mike Scott M. Scott	3.15	1183.1	172	77	56	.579	171	3.07	1,025	36	17	0	928	404	440	109	336	19	1	37	4,780	22	7.80	2.56	3.05	0.83	21.4	7.0	1.07	.249	3.35	86	89	7.06	51.3
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.20	1709.0	248	115	85	.575	244	3.19	1,134	50	14	0	1,580	606	700	96	507	50	3	77	7,100	33	5.97	2.67	2.24	0.51	16.0	7.1	1.22	.279	3.69	82	83	8.32	121.1
9	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	3.24	1583.1	233	98	85	.536	228	3.12	1,059	47	15	2	1,442	549	627	93	487	42	3	72	6,598	56	6.02	2.77	2.17	0.53	16.1	7.4	1.22	.274	3.56	87	89	8.20	69.8
10	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	3.25	1109.0	164	78	51	.605	163	3.38	919	43	10	0	1,002	416	448	96	344	20	1	17	4,598	9	7.46	2.79	2.67	0.78	20.0	7.5	1.21	.281	3.64	81	80	8.13	99.4
11	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	3.27	1389.2	250	85	76	.528	196	3.74	961	33	11	2	1,382	578	631	72	509	35	14	32	5,926	74	6.22	3.30	1.89	0.47	16.2	8.6	1.36	.301	4.09	91	83	8.95	104.7
12	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.29	1324.1	214	83	63	.568	209	3.16	1,207	20	9	1	985	465	505	116	482	34	1	21	5,400	16	8.20	3.28	2.50	0.79	22.4	8.9	1.11	.244	3.43	89	90	6.69	52.6
13	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	3.38	1242.1	207	77	63	.550	186	3.40	917	28	16	5	1,079	470	521	93	415	24	13	21	5,133	33	6.64	3.01	2.21	0.67	17.9	8.1	1.20	.268	3.77	94	91	7.82	45
14	Greg Swindell G. Swindell	3.39	1447.0	215	84	76	.525	212	3.68	1,018	38	11	0	1,484	591	657	147	307	10	0	15	6,001	22	6.33	1.91	3.32	0.91	17.0	5.1	1.24	.296	4.09	92	87	9.23	82.6
15	Zane Smith Z. Smith	3.45	1401.1	250	68	83	.450	209	3.58	759	30	12	3	1,419	558	658	85	412	23	13	36	5,862	24	4.87	2.65	1.84	0.55	12.9	7.0	1.31	.291	4.23	93	90	9.11	57
16	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	3.45	1550.0	225	101	66	.605	224	3.48	1,145	62	18	0	1,471	599	651	151	436	10	0	26	6,408	39	6.65	2.53	2.63	0.88	17.9	6.8	1.23	.283	3.78	89	89	8.54	77.2
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	3.48	1615.2	243	100	72	.581	233	3.07	975	41	13	1	1,450	552	633	126	409	52	4	35	6,624	25	5.43	2.28	2.38	0.70	14.7	6.2	1.15	.262	3.53	83	95	8.08	35
18	Terry Mulholland T. Mulholland	3.49	1048.2	177	57	58	.496	154	3.76	569	37	10	0	1,045	438	478	78	255	17	8	19	4,374	28	4.88	2.19	2.23	0.67	13.0	5.8	1.24	.280	4.10	103	94	8.97	28
19	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	3.50	1732.0	260	108	88	.551	251	3.21	1,053	43	18	0	1,595	617	678	143	447	27	3	38	7,063	48	5.47	2.32	2.36	0.74	14.9	6.3	1.18	.269	3.52	87	94	8.29	45.3
20	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.51	1223.1	181	72	65	.526	181	3.52	946	28	6	0	1,060	479	523	101	452	19	0	27	5,106	74	6.96	3.33	2.09	0.74	18.5	8.9	1.24	.267	3.85	91	92	7.80	42.3
21	Bob Ojeda B. Ojeda	3.51	1162.2	209	71	59	.546	176	3.25	700	21	11	0	1,088	420	485	80	385	14	10	32	4,866	19	5.42	2.98	1.82	0.62	14.4	7.9	1.27	.273	3.75	93	97	8.42	11.1
22	Frank Viola F. Viola	3.52	1916.1	278	127	94	.575	278	3.36	1,318	48	11	0	1,849	716	792	173	552	32	0	22	7,985	60	6.19	2.59	2.39	0.81	16.5	6.9	1.25	.284	3.72	83	88	8.68	98.8
23	Chris Bosio C. Bosio	3.53	1354.1	241	76	71	.517	187	3.72	868	35	9	9	1,322	560	621	121	348	30	28	15	5,635	46	5.77	2.31	2.49	0.80	15.4	6.2	1.23	.281	4.13	91	88	8.79	69.6
24	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	3.54	1734.0	260	97	97	.500	253	3.38	1,141	56	9	0	1,618	651	748	131	569	43	3	18	7,290	69	5.92	2.95	2.01	0.68	15.7	7.8	1.26	.275	3.88	84	89	8.40	81.2
25	Bill Swift B. Swift	3.56	1035.2	294	55	42	.567	121	3.37	471	11	4	25	1,035	388	447	53	303	34	64	27	4,317	26	4.09	2.63	1.55	0.46	10.9	7.0	1.29	.284	3.88	85	89	8.99	48.7

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