lowest fip by a player with at least 1600 ip between 1956 to 1966

Between 1956 and 1966, Sandy Koufax had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1600 innings, with a FIP of 2.67.

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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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.67	2282.2	385	163	85	.657	309	2.76	2,366	135	38	9	1,721	699	791	202	789	17	40	47	9,314	85	9.33	3.11	3.00	0.80	25.4	8.5	1.10	.256	3.12	75	74	6.79	223.8
2	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	3.02	1722.0	227	130	58	.691	220	2.66	1,251	122	30	2	1,427	508	586	167	361	17	7	32	6,890	24	6.54	1.89	3.47	0.87	18.2	5.2	1.04	.247	3.06	73	86	7.46	89.8
3	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	3.05	2848.1	437	177	134	.569	384	3.00	2,111	145	37	6	2,543	950	1,089	241	726	132	34	94	11,725	72	6.67	2.29	2.91	0.76	18.0	6.2	1.15	.270	3.44	82	86	8.04	163
4	Whitey Ford W. Ford	3.14	2343.0	366	173	80	.684	328	2.75	1,504	107	31	7	2,094	715	825	176	701	20	20	37	9,616	59	5.78	2.69	2.15	0.68	15.6	7.3	1.19	.266	3.17	75	85	8.04	149.3
5	Bob Friend B. Friend	3.16	2735.0	422	155	171	.475	388	3.39	1,381	133	30	7	2,838	1,029	1,173	207	575	37	26	111	11,410	39	4.54	1.89	2.40	0.68	12.1	5.0	1.25	.286	3.86	91	86	9.34	150.8
6	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3.17	1728.2	256	112	81	.580	218	3.13	1,435	100	23	4	1,461	602	687	137	664	56	17	45	7,246	58	7.47	3.46	2.16	0.71	19.8	9.2	1.23	.267	3.58	81	84	7.61	115.1
7	Billy O'Dell B. O'Dell	3.18	1714.0	445	99	93	.516	186	3.17	1,093	61	13	50	1,594	604	693	127	510	39	127	59	7,195	29	5.74	2.68	2.14	0.67	15.2	7.1	1.23	.270	3.64	88	89	8.37	74.8
8	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	3.24	2216.2	341	139	122	.533	311	3.48	1,743	117	31	4	1,999	858	968	202	778	35	21	36	9,327	63	7.08	3.16	2.24	0.82	18.7	8.3	1.25	.274	3.93	90	82	8.12	171.4
9	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.25	2705.2	412	172	113	.604	362	3.09	2,108	122	33	14	2,394	930	1,040	287	695	115	28	50	11,164	33	7.01	2.31	3.03	0.95	18.9	6.2	1.14	.265	3.46	81	85	7.96	168.2
10	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	3.33	2580.0	447	159	137	.537	333	3.43	1,355	122	30	19	2,546	983	1,115	208	638	49	62	69	10,743	49	4.73	2.23	2.12	0.73	12.6	5.9	1.23	.275	3.89	88	88	8.88	136.2
11	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	3.46	1884.1	318	107	100	.517	266	3.46	867	80	20	1	1,929	724	859	153	474	32	27	53	7,914	23	4.14	2.26	1.83	0.73	11.0	6.0	1.28	.278	4.10	89	91	9.21	77.9
12	Joe Nuxhall J. Nuxhall	3.46	1644.1	373	96	85	.530	218	3.95	1,085	57	13	13	1,661	721	793	156	523	48	53	38	7,000	30	5.94	2.86	2.07	0.85	15.5	7.5	1.33	.290	4.34	101	90	9.09	69.2
13	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	3.53	1841.2	297	122	85	.589	264	3.36	1,077	88	28	4	1,661	687	759	165	570	39	21	38	7,599	71	5.26	2.79	1.89	0.81	14.2	7.5	1.21	.260	3.71	92	95	8.12	31.7
14	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.55	1689.0	314	117	80	.594	228	3.38	992	91	15	20	1,594	635	683	179	464	13	42	30	6,994	22	5.29	2.47	2.14	0.95	14.2	6.6	1.22	.265	3.64	89	94	8.49	46.9
15	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	3.58	1613.1	254	84	110	.433	236	3.70	905	71	6	2	1,666	663	770	156	454	25	7	45	6,834	54	5.05	2.53	1.99	0.87	13.2	6.6	1.31	.285	4.30	97	97	9.29	19.2
16	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.58	2565.0	375	180	121	.598	331	3.20	1,189	177	29	13	2,422	911	1,004	243	626	24	33	56	10,507	34	4.17	2.20	1.90	0.85	11.3	6.0	1.19	.259	3.52	90	102	8.50	-26.8
17	Johnny Podres J. Podres	3.59	1711.0	313	111	88	.558	260	3.53	1,109	62	19	10	1,682	671	744	183	530	20	31	63	7,190	50	5.83	2.79	2.09	0.96	15.4	7.4	1.29	.280	3.91	94	97	8.85	24.3
18	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	3.59	1724.2	284	103	99	.510	242	3.75	1,030	74	17	1	1,769	719	815	194	430	13	15	35	7,254	17	5.37	2.24	2.40	1.01	14.2	5.9	1.28	.282	4.25	96	89	9.23	85.6
19	Bob Shaw B. Shaw	3.61	1657.0	398	105	87	.547	207	3.44	824	52	13	32	1,699	634	721	141	474	50	94	55	7,056	46	4.48	2.57	1.74	0.77	11.7	6.7	1.31	.280	3.92	93	98	9.23	12
20	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	3.62	1979.0	366	133	97	.578	283	3.64	1,148	76	14	10	1,830	800	908	167	716	44	37	54	8,361	58	5.22	3.26	1.60	0.76	13.7	8.6	1.29	.265	4.13	99	100	8.32	-0.1
21	Vern Law V. Law	3.63	1970.2	321	128	100	.561	281	3.48	812	96	25	7	2,043	762	861	204	362	25	26	58	8,150	24	3.71	1.65	2.24	0.93	10.0	4.4	1.22	.273	3.93	94	99	9.33	2.9
22	Dick Donovan D. Donovan	3.64	1768.0	289	107	86	.554	242	3.58	771	90	20	4	1,730	703	776	175	385	38	15	44	7,315	17	3.92	1.96	2.00	0.89	10.5	5.3	1.20	.262	3.95	95	95	8.81	38.2
23	Early Wynn E. Wynn	3.65	1606.2	255	99	83	.544	224	3.60	1,042	85	21	7	1,448	642	705	146	648	33	21	33	6,796	17	5.84	3.63	1.61	0.82	15.3	9.5	1.30	.264	3.95	94	94	8.11	39.5
24	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	3.66	2263.1	431	153	106	.591	286	3.73	811	123	26	15	2,369	938	1,053	228	385	37	67	54	9,350	15	3.22	1.53	2.11	0.91	8.7	4.1	1.22	.271	4.19	104	103	9.42	-37.4
25	Frank Lary F. Lary	3.69	1923.2	311	114	101	.530	261	3.54	996	110	19	10	1,887	756	859	187	524	91	24	32	8,093	40	4.66	2.45	1.90	0.87	12.3	6.5	1.25	.270	4.02	90	93	8.83	61.8

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