lowest fip by a player with at least 1000 ip between 1987 to 1992

Between the 1987 and 1992 seasons, Roger Clemens had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1000 innings, with a FIP of 2.59.

	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	2.59	1545.1	204	112	59	.655	204	2.68	1,435	71	31	0	1,295	461	526	89	419	44	0	33	6,250	32	8.36	2.44	3.42	0.52	23.0	6.7	1.11	.283	3.06	64	65	7.54	243.6
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.76	1205.1	183	66	61	.520	183	3.25	1,391	19	7	0	879	435	488	88	487	44	0	13	4,967	65	10.39	3.64	2.86	0.66	28.0	9.8	1.13	.268	3.64	85	73	6.56	139.4
3	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.83	1175.0	170	84	47	.641	168	3.44	942	25	8	1	1,108	449	487	61	353	23	1	20	4,886	27	7.22	2.70	2.67	0.47	19.3	7.2	1.24	.299	3.73	97	78	8.49	105.2
4	David Cone D. Cone	2.95	1244.1	190	84	51	.622	172	3.06	1,206	34	15	1	1,030	423	475	90	447	31	4	24	5,147	65	8.72	3.23	2.70	0.65	23.4	8.7	1.19	.279	3.44	87	81	7.45	93.4
5	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.04	1209.0	169	76	54	.585	166	3.15	831	49	11	0	1,121	423	462	85	255	26	0	20	4,905	33	6.19	1.90	3.26	0.63	16.9	5.2	1.14	.279	3.44	78	78	8.34	113.2
6	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	3.12	1136.1	165	72	57	.558	160	2.88	765	34	13	2	1,028	364	409	63	329	30	3	48	4,697	37	6.06	2.61	2.33	0.50	16.3	7.0	1.19	.275	3.24	82	87	8.14	59.8
7	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.21	1000.1	164	62	51	.549	160	3.11	926	17	7	0	742	346	381	86	355	29	0	20	4,076	8	8.33	3.19	2.61	0.77	22.7	8.7	1.10	.245	3.43	88	89	6.68	44.1
8	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	3.24	1033.2	173	65	52	.556	153	3.20	782	23	13	5	881	367	413	74	341	16	13	17	4,247	27	6.81	2.97	2.29	0.64	18.4	8.0	1.18	.266	3.60	91	90	7.67	41.4
9	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	3.26	1104.2	166	68	62	.523	166	3.67	763	30	9	0	1,099	451	493	62	382	28	0	22	4,687	47	6.22	3.11	2.00	0.51	16.3	8.2	1.34	.300	4.02	90	83	8.95	78.8
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.26	1411.0	206	93	71	.567	203	3.30	917	41	13	0	1,308	517	595	79	444	43	2	68	5,892	26	5.85	2.83	2.07	0.50	15.6	7.5	1.24	.279	3.80	85	86	8.34	82.9
11	Greg Swindell G. Swindell	3.27	1195.0	175	67	61	.523	173	3.57	848	36	10	0	1,212	474	524	114	252	8	0	12	4,928	17	6.39	1.90	3.37	0.86	17.2	5.1	1.23	.296	3.95	89	84	9.13	84.2
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	3.31	1286.1	185	82	57	.590	184	2.81	772	38	12	0	1,125	401	466	88	315	38	1	24	5,230	20	5.40	2.20	2.45	0.62	14.8	6.0	1.12	.258	3.26	77	92	7.87	44.8
13	Frank Viola F. Viola	3.34	1487.0	212	100	73	.578	212	3.20	1,036	39	9	0	1,412	529	580	124	397	23	0	17	6,145	43	6.27	2.40	2.61	0.75	16.9	6.5	1.22	.282	3.51	81	85	8.55	96.3
14	Zane Smith Z. Smith	3.41	1113.2	198	57	60	.487	163	3.43	588	26	11	2	1,113	424	506	72	285	18	11	27	4,620	14	4.75	2.30	2.06	0.58	12.7	6.2	1.26	.285	4.09	90	90	8.99	46.5
15	Chris Bosio C. Bosio	3.43	1155.1	202	67	58	.536	159	3.66	720	32	8	8	1,143	470	519	98	276	24	23	12	4,803	39	5.61	2.15	2.61	0.76	15.0	5.7	1.23	.284	4.04	91	87	8.90	66.4
16	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	3.45	1362.2	199	92	62	.597	196	3.02	820	36	16	0	1,227	457	506	112	337	21	1	25	5,511	34	5.42	2.23	2.43	0.74	14.9	6.1	1.15	.264	3.34	84	94	8.10	34.4
17	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	3.49	1362.2	195	88	56	.611	194	3.50	969	51	14	0	1,287	530	576	132	380	7	0	24	5,627	32	6.40	2.51	2.55	0.87	17.2	6.8	1.22	.279	3.80	90	90	8.50	57.9
18	John Smiley J. Smiley	3.49	1083.1	218	75	51	.595	151	3.49	688	22	5	4	988	420	462	93	290	18	19	18	4,444	25	5.72	2.41	2.37	0.77	15.5	6.5	1.18	.267	3.84	95	94	8.21	29.4
19	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	3.49	1138.2	195	54	70	.435	179	3.66	923	11	4	0	971	463	513	90	458	31	3	27	4,779	27	7.30	3.62	2.02	0.71	19.3	9.6	1.25	.269	4.05	98	93	7.67	31.1
20	Mark Langston M. Langston	3.54	1481.2	203	92	77	.544	203	3.48	1,284	52	14	0	1,273	573	639	135	610	25	0	14	6,150	41	7.80	3.71	2.10	0.82	20.9	9.9	1.27	.278	3.88	86	86	7.73	92
21	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	3.54	1268.0	191	73	75	.493	187	3.39	819	37	6	0	1,192	477	550	101	392	29	2	17	5,314	51	5.81	2.78	2.09	0.72	15.4	7.4	1.25	.275	3.90	85	90	8.46	54.9
22	Charlie Leibrandt C. Leibrandt	3.54	1229.1	195	73	65	.529	188	3.57	657	29	11	0	1,242	487	555	92	323	20	3	19	5,157	40	4.81	2.36	2.03	0.67	12.7	6.3	1.27	.283	4.06	90	92	9.09	43
23	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3.54	1117.2	172	73	60	.549	172	3.60	644	24	10	0	1,058	447	508	78	353	18	0	37	4,685	28	5.19	2.84	1.82	0.63	13.7	7.5	1.26	.273	4.09	95	94	8.52	27.4
24	Jimmy Key J. Key	3.56	1189.0	183	84	59	.587	183	3.41	674	21	8	0	1,144	450	498	111	248	18	0	15	4,883	19	5.10	1.88	2.72	0.84	13.8	5.1	1.17	.270	3.77	83	87	8.66	70.9
25	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	3.65	1118.1	197	62	67	.481	160	3.40	555	27	8	2	1,061	422	478	82	309	19	16	37	4,607	43	4.47	2.49	1.80	0.66	12.0	6.7	1.23	.269	3.85	89	95	8.54	25.6

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Rays	90	59	.604
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Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	75	.500	15.5
Orioles	72	78	.480	18.5

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Tue 9/15	BOS	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Wed 9/16	BOS	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Thu 9/17	BOS	@	TEX	8:05 PM
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