lowest fip by a player with at least 1600 ip between 1963 to 1973

Between the 1963 and 1973 seasons, Tom Seaver had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1600 innings, with a FIP of 2.57.

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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	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.57	1931.1	251	135	76	.640	246	2.38	1,655	121	24	1	1,524	511	563	143	493	37	5	37	7,689	45	7.71	2.30	3.36	0.67	21.5	6.4	1.04	.258	2.62	69	77	7.10	167.9
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.63	2928.0	366	203	115	.638	357	2.65	2,437	216	47	2	2,389	863	972	184	869	75	6	74	11,913	74	7.49	2.67	2.80	0.57	20.5	7.3	1.11	.264	2.99	73	76	7.34	271.8
3	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.72	2014.0	292	120	104	.536	278	3.02	1,559	89	31	3	1,727	675	743	147	511	38	9	52	8,186	54	6.97	2.28	3.05	0.66	19.0	6.2	1.11	.266	3.32	91	85	7.72	105.2
4	Bob Veale B. Veale	2.75	1867.1	368	118	92	.562	249	3.04	1,645	76	20	18	1,630	631	722	87	829	29	57	60	7,910	89	7.93	4.00	1.98	0.42	20.8	10.5	1.32	.290	3.48	87	83	7.86	124.8
5	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.79	1802.1	247	105	93	.530	245	2.71	1,250	91	30	1	1,619	543	635	130	365	71	1	70	7,299	43	6.24	1.82	3.42	0.65	17.1	5.0	1.10	.272	3.17	86	92	8.08	42.7
6	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.87	2914.2	381	201	117	.632	372	2.73	1,946	211	45	1	2,606	884	1,059	252	524	33	7	69	11,760	38	6.01	1.62	3.71	0.78	16.5	4.5	1.07	.261	3.27	78	85	8.05	163.5
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.90	2938.0	436	174	143	.549	357	2.86	2,058	182	33	10	2,575	932	1,085	213	764	67	30	112	11,977	106	6.30	2.34	2.69	0.65	17.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.32	81	85	7.89	169.8
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.91	1905.0	271	117	92	.560	253	3.02	1,484	114	27	1	1,719	639	726	135	649	21	7	60	7,921	67	7.01	3.07	2.29	0.64	18.7	8.2	1.24	.281	3.43	85	84	8.12	112.1
9	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.93	1922.1	351	114	103	.525	266	2.88	1,396	77	31	15	1,636	615	734	108	668	59	44	69	7,954	67	6.54	3.13	2.09	0.51	17.6	8.4	1.20	.267	3.44	85	83	7.66	123.1
10	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2.93	2303.2	342	149	109	.578	284	3.13	1,820	149	27	7	2,015	800	885	235	489	41	30	71	9,319	32	7.11	1.91	3.72	0.92	19.5	5.2	1.09	.264	3.46	82	80	7.87	180.5
11	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2.94	2315.2	372	135	120	.529	324	3.05	2,316	103	23	13	1,792	784	897	149	1,176	55	27	68	9,777	131	9.00	4.57	1.97	0.58	23.7	12.0	1.28	.270	3.49	87	81	6.96	174.7
12	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2.96	2141.1	326	118	110	.518	303	3.19	1,645	79	26	5	1,986	758	850	187	505	92	15	70	8,854	25	6.91	2.12	3.26	0.79	18.6	5.7	1.16	.280	3.57	90	87	8.35	105.1
13	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	3.03	1651.0	250	99	77	.563	225	3.19	1,098	78	16	1	1,505	585	657	126	450	29	9	27	6,807	69	5.99	2.45	2.44	0.69	16.1	6.6	1.18	.270	3.58	93	92	8.20	50.7
14	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	3.05	1704.2	500	107	96	.527	158	2.71	950	64	19	57	1,571	514	626	118	407	36	193	57	6,975	50	5.02	2.15	2.33	0.62	13.6	5.8	1.16	.266	3.31	77	85	8.29	104.9
15	Rick Wise R. Wise	3.06	1772.2	289	107	104	.507	247	3.49	1,003	86	20	0	1,803	688	796	118	457	29	11	53	7,423	34	5.09	2.32	2.19	0.60	13.5	6.2	1.27	.290	4.04	99	89	9.15	73.1
16	Chris Short C. Short	3.09	1934.0	370	112	102	.523	268	3.20	1,396	81	24	11	1,789	688	763	147	617	46	38	52	8,039	44	6.50	2.87	2.26	0.68	17.4	7.7	1.24	.282	3.55	92	93	8.33	55.8
17	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	3.10	1849.2	285	109	106	.507	264	3.09	888	81	18	1	1,783	636	743	138	330	32	7	63	7,520	29	4.32	1.61	2.69	0.67	11.8	4.4	1.14	.268	3.62	95	91	8.68	61.3
18	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.13	2813.0	435	179	136	.568	386	3.35	2,338	144	35	9	2,523	1,046	1,141	272	872	88	25	44	11,701	92	7.48	2.79	2.68	0.87	20.0	7.5	1.21	.277	3.65	95	86	8.07	163.2
19	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.13	2168.1	349	145	94	.607	285	2.94	1,381	133	25	10	1,911	709	834	177	595	7	29	45	8,825	38	5.73	2.47	2.32	0.73	15.6	6.7	1.16	.260	3.46	86	90	7.93	79.2
20	Tommy John T. John	3.18	2012.2	333	111	103	.519	296	3.00	1,195	66	25	2	1,856	671	792	140	591	48	9	60	8,325	86	5.34	2.64	2.02	0.63	14.4	7.1	1.22	.270	3.54	87	90	8.30	77.9
21	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	3.21	2866.1	416	171	153	.528	400	3.13	1,404	121	36	0	2,828	996	1,131	203	692	35	7	74	11,825	51	4.41	2.17	2.03	0.64	11.9	5.9	1.23	.277	3.55	94	99	8.88	6.4
22	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.23	1913.2	358	110	94	.539	224	3.00	1,172	100	19	26	1,701	637	765	166	493	42	73	36	7,857	98	5.51	2.32	2.38	0.78	14.9	6.3	1.15	.257	3.60	82	92	8.00	61.5
23	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	3.24	2532.1	400	166	122	.576	365	3.27	1,545	112	18	4	2,540	919	1,107	239	541	60	13	53	10,581	81	5.49	1.92	2.86	0.85	14.6	5.1	1.22	.281	3.93	91	87	9.03	127.7
24	Gary Peters G. Peters	3.25	2060.0	347	124	102	.549	286	3.25	1,405	79	23	4	1,870	744	839	157	700	61	32	53	8,615	83	6.14	3.06	2.01	0.69	16.3	8.1	1.25	.272	3.67	94	91	8.17	70.2
25	Joe Horlen J. Horlen	3.26	1875.2	336	108	108	.500	267	2.97	991	54	17	4	1,696	619	706	133	498	51	30	63	7,682	63	4.76	2.39	1.99	0.64	12.9	6.5	1.17	.260	3.39	87	93	8.14	48.7

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Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
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