lowest fip by a player with at least 1600 ip between 1987 to 1997

Between the 1987 and 1997 seasons, Roger Clemens had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 1600 innings, with a FIP of 2.87.

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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	2.87	2554.1	348	173	105	.622	348	2.94	2,444	91	38	0	2,155	833	928	164	791	89	0	41	10,449	60	8.61	2.79	3.09	0.58	23.4	7.6	1.15	.286	3.27	66	68	7.59	389.7
2	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2.94	2567.1	363	182	104	.636	360	2.77	1,800	79	23	0	2,258	791	906	125	598	68	2	98	10,386	39	6.31	2.10	3.01	0.44	17.3	5.8	1.11	.274	3.18	70	74	7.92	302.1
3	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.18	1704.2	243	104	72	.591	240	3.26	1,181	60	12	0	1,616	618	673	135	328	45	0	27	6,935	39	6.24	1.73	3.60	0.71	17.0	4.7	1.14	.282	3.55	80	80	8.53	151.1
4	David Cone D. Cone	3.29	2166.1	317	148	86	.632	299	3.11	2,013	52	21	1	1,765	748	824	169	823	60	4	30	8,951	113	8.36	3.42	2.45	0.70	22.5	9.2	1.19	.271	3.42	79	82	7.33	172.4
5	Kevin Appier K. Appier	3.31	1665.1	256	104	78	.571	244	3.30	1,364	31	10	0	1,475	610	660	113	568	32	2	26	6,907	62	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.61	19.7	8.2	1.23	.282	3.57	74	77	7.97	189.4
6	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	3.33	1702.0	255	119	78	.604	252	3.76	1,323	33	11	1	1,627	711	770	119	570	49	1	27	7,162	51	7.00	3.01	2.32	0.63	18.5	8.0	1.29	.296	4.07	99	85	8.60	101.4
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.35	1734.0	262	124	68	.646	253	3.37	2,000	46	17	2	1,320	650	725	146	857	78	4	11	7,288	64	10.38	4.45	2.33	0.76	27.4	11.8	1.26	.279	3.76	80	80	6.85	179.6
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.36	2060.1	301	129	102	.558	301	3.40	1,769	44	11	0	1,779	778	858	171	690	30	0	51	8,520	114	7.73	3.01	2.56	0.75	20.8	8.1	1.20	.274	3.75	85	84	7.77	150
9	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.49	1916.1	277	120	92	.566	276	3.42	1,219	54	12	0	1,872	728	837	113	575	91	1	30	8,056	68	5.72	2.70	2.12	0.53	15.1	7.1	1.28	.290	3.93	82	84	8.79	145.1
10	Frank Viola F. Viola	3.53	1746.1	256	113	86	.568	256	3.32	1,158	41	10	0	1,689	645	712	147	510	31	0	26	7,282	52	5.97	2.63	2.27	0.76	15.9	7.0	1.26	.284	3.67	82	88	8.70	90.2
11	Andy Benes A. Benes	3.60	1705.1	261	104	94	.525	258	3.64	1,416	18	9	1	1,564	690	752	160	573	33	2	43	7,144	42	7.47	3.02	2.47	0.84	19.8	8.0	1.25	.283	3.97	92	89	8.25	88.1
12	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3.62	2196.1	331	153	99	.607	331	3.40	1,364	39	15	0	2,068	830	928	147	743	30	0	70	9,216	50	5.59	3.04	1.84	0.60	14.8	8.1	1.28	.277	3.80	86	91	8.47	94.1
13	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	3.65	1676.1	291	96	106	.475	248	3.97	1,043	35	12	2	1,752	740	808	120	550	43	12	37	7,162	77	5.60	2.95	1.90	0.64	14.6	7.7	1.37	.302	4.34	92	87	9.41	97.7
14	Greg Swindell G. Swindell	3.65	1854.0	349	105	100	.512	260	3.87	1,253	39	12	1	1,950	797	880	204	401	15	19	22	7,725	23	6.08	1.95	3.12	0.99	16.2	5.2	1.27	.298	4.27	96	91	9.47	65.9
15	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	3.68	2056.0	310	135	98	.579	305	3.38	1,321	43	15	2	1,963	773	878	163	621	67	3	74	8,602	75	5.78	2.72	2.13	0.71	15.4	7.2	1.26	.280	3.84	86	93	8.59	63.2
16	John Smiley J. Smiley	3.68	1896.0	349	125	103	.548	280	3.80	1,275	28	8	4	1,838	801	882	183	492	39	19	32	7,858	48	6.05	2.34	2.59	0.87	16.2	6.3	1.23	.282	4.19	97	93	8.72	62.8
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	3.72	2035.2	301	130	88	.596	299	3.22	1,166	51	18	1	1,863	728	831	166	535	77	2	38	8,398	29	5.16	2.37	2.18	0.73	13.9	6.4	1.18	.263	3.67	81	94	8.24	49.5
18	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	3.72	2294.2	348	142	115	.553	345	3.55	1,463	52	21	0	2,184	904	987	213	625	45	1	53	9,473	77	5.74	2.45	2.34	0.84	15.4	6.6	1.22	.277	3.87	93	97	8.57	28.2
19	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	3.73	2112.1	346	114	124	.479	316	3.52	1,385	46	7	0	2,020	825	957	179	658	63	8	29	8,906	80	5.90	2.80	2.10	0.76	15.6	7.4	1.27	.278	4.08	89	93	8.61	59.9
20	Jack McDowell J. McDowell	3.74	1794.0	259	122	80	.604	257	3.76	1,254	62	13	0	1,727	749	812	158	582	45	0	28	7,539	61	6.29	2.92	2.15	0.79	16.6	7.7	1.29	.285	4.07	88	88	8.66	101.3
21	Jimmy Key J. Key	3.74	2005.2	311	148	92	.617	311	3.49	1,215	27	11	0	1,961	778	853	195	489	29	0	19	8,292	37	5.45	2.19	2.48	0.88	14.7	5.9	1.22	.277	3.83	82	87	8.80	121.8
22	Chris Bosio C. Bosio	3.75	1675.1	299	94	89	.514	242	3.90	1,030	39	9	9	1,701	726	808	153	468	41	29	22	7,071	59	5.53	2.51	2.20	0.82	14.6	6.6	1.29	.288	4.34	92	90	9.14	74.9
23	Mark Langston M. Langston	3.77	2228.2	314	138	112	.552	314	3.74	1,844	65	16	0	2,003	926	1,017	223	887	31	0	19	9,309	67	7.45	3.58	2.08	0.90	19.8	9.5	1.30	.281	4.11	88	88	8.09	127
24	Ramon Martinez R. Martinez	3.89	1630.0	251	116	74	.611	247	3.48	1,223	36	20	0	1,442	631	722	140	663	50	1	37	6,906	30	6.75	3.66	1.84	0.77	17.7	9.6	1.29	.270	3.99	94	101	7.96	-6.6
25	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	3.90	1830.1	319	96	122	.440	281	3.84	961	31	9	2	1,822	780	862	150	548	45	16	55	7,673	71	4.73	2.69	1.75	0.74	12.5	7.1	1.29	.280	4.24	96	97	8.96	19.9

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