lowest fip by a player with at least 449 ip between 2017 to 2020

Between 2017 and 2020, Chris Sale had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 449 innings, with a FIP of 2.57.

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NAMEFIPIPGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIP-H/9PRAA
1Chris Sale
C. Sale
2.57
519.2
84
35
23
.603
84
3.08
763
2
1
0
390
178
192
59
114
35
0
0
2,080
9
13.21
1.97
6.69
1.02
36.7
5.5
0.97
.298
3.33
66
59
6.75
103.5
2Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.65
690.1
107
40
29
.580
107
2.52
867
2
0
0
533
193
215
64
167
14
0
9
2,734
15
11.30
2.18
5.19
0.83
31.7
6.1
1.01
.289
2.80
62
63
6.95
119.4
3Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
2.75
661.0
103
50
24
.676
103
2.75
903
5
1
0
490
202
217
73
162
31
0
9
2,634
14
12.30
2.21
5.57
0.99
34.3
6.2
0.99
.285
2.95
63
63
6.67
115.9
4Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
2.91
455.1
70
40
14
.741
70
2.83
526
7
4
0
364
143
157
50
86
11
0
2
1,790
7
10.40
1.70
6.12
0.99
29.4
4.8
0.99
.281
3.10
63
67
7.19
71.3
5Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
3.18
519.1
85
43
18
.705
85
3.22
613
1
1
0
418
186
199
56
142
25
0
11
2,109
16
10.62
2.46
4.32
0.97
29.1
6.7
1.08
.284
3.45
74
73
7.24
67.7
6Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
3.21
688.2
110
54
25
.684
110
3.16
892
3
2
0
537
242
259
93
184
16
0
1
2,753
22
11.66
2.40
4.85
1.22
32.4
6.7
1.05
.283
3.38
74
74
7.02
88
7Charlie Morton
C. Morton
3.26
546.1
97
47
18
.723
97
3.34
646
0
0
0
452
203
220
51
181
45
0
1
2,272
14
10.64
2.98
3.57
0.84
28.4
8.0
1.16
.297
3.62
79
76
7.45
63.7
8Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
3.29
540.0
99
44
27
.620
86
3.57
635
4
1
1
493
214
221
68
132
20
4
7
2,203
27
10.58
2.20
4.81
1.13
28.8
6.0
1.16
.315
3.68
79
75
8.22
63.8
9James Paxton
J. Paxton
3.30
467.1
86
39
18
.684
86
3.68
576
2
1
0
408
191
202
59
141
7
0
1
1,920
32
11.09
2.72
4.09
1.14
30.0
7.3
1.17
.307
3.89
86
75
7.86
56.8
10Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3.30
649.0
102
53
23
.697
102
2.82
816
3
2
0
466
203
211
93
152
18
0
4
2,550
14
11.32
2.11
5.37
1.29
32.0
6.0
0.95
.254
2.93
65
76
6.46
77
11Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
3.34
685.2
110
53
26
.671
110
3.20
668
1
0
0
595
244
260
80
127
11
0
5
2,723
21
8.77
1.67
5.26
1.05
24.5
4.7
1.05
.280
3.41
74
79
7.81
69.9
12Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
3.36
573.0
92
49
16
.754
91
2.64
608
1
0
0
461
168
185
76
108
5
0
0
2,256
21
9.55
1.70
5.63
1.19
27.0
4.8
0.99
.264
2.91
64
79
7.24
57
13Mike Clevinger
M. Clevinger
3.38
489.1
88
41
20
.672
82
2.96
553
2
2
0
386
161
169
50
178
9
1
2
1,973
9
10.17
3.27
3.11
0.92
28.0
9.0
1.15
.284
3.11
66
78
7.10
53.4
14Aaron Nola
A. Nola
3.41
654.0
106
46
29
.613
106
3.23
733
2
1
0
533
235
246
71
210
22
0
10
2,665
9
10.09
2.89
3.49
0.98
27.5
7.9
1.14
.284
3.39
75
77
7.33
70.6
15Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
3.41
657.1
110
41
34
.547
109
3.59
722
2
2
0
624
262
283
75
197
11
0
14
2,756
23
9.89
2.70
3.66
1.03
26.2
7.1
1.25
.314
3.87
82
79
8.54
65.3
16Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
3.51
637.2
105
45
32
.584
103
3.46
770
3
3
1
540
245
270
77
216
36
2
3
2,655
28
10.87
3.05
3.56
1.09
29.0
8.1
1.19
.298
3.81
76
79
7.62
64.3
17Hyun Jin Ryu
H. Jin Ryu
3.51
458.2
81
31
19
.620
80
2.71
440
1
1
1
416
138
156
54
101
10
1
6
1,863
5
8.63
1.98
4.36
1.06
23.6
5.4
1.13
.288
3.06
64
82
8.16
39.6
18Blake Snell
B. Snell
3.52
467.0
89
36
22
.621
89
3.18
550
0
0
0
363
165
178
55
181
2
0
4
1,891
39
10.60
3.49
3.04
1.06
29.1
9.6
1.16
.279
3.43
75
83
7.00
36.6
19Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
3.61
535.0
88
30
24
.556
88
3.80
508
0
0
0
510
226
241
54
161
21
0
7
2,246
8
8.55
2.71
3.16
0.91
22.6
7.2
1.25
.304
4.05
94
86
8.58
35.7
20Kenta Maeda
K. Maeda
3.65
480.0
116
37
25
.597
82
3.84
542
0
0
6
390
205
216
66
138
14
8
6
1,961
9
10.16
2.59
3.93
1.24
27.6
7.0
1.10
.270
4.05
93
86
7.31
32.5
21Sonny Gray
S. Gray
3.71
524.0
99
37
32
.536
92
3.68
553
1
0
0
441
214
237
54
208
20
2
2
2,203
34
9.50
3.57
2.66
0.93
25.1
9.4
1.24
.283
4.07
83
83
7.57
43.5
22Kyle Hendricks
K. Hendricks
3.71
597.0
99
38
31
.551
99
3.27
498
2
2
0
551
217
235
68
124
21
0
7
2,427
2
7.51
1.87
4.02
1.03
20.5
5.1
1.13
.281
3.54
77
87
8.31
36.4
23Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
3.76
519.2
90
32
33
.492
90
3.62
578
1
0
0
423
209
228
66
184
16
0
2
2,140
12
10.01
3.19
3.14
1.14
27.0
8.6
1.17
.275
3.95
83
85
7.33
38.6
24Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
3.78
481.1
82
25
26
.490
82
3.70
580
0
0
0
394
198
207
72
149
23
0
3
1,974
28
10.84
2.79
3.89
1.35
29.4
7.5
1.13
.280
3.87
83
86
7.37
33.4
25Marcus Stroman
M. Stroman
3.83
487.2
84
27
31
.466
84
3.65
400
2
0
0
499
198
227
48
156
9
0
2
2,057
13
7.38
2.88
2.56
0.89
19.4
7.6
1.34
.312
4.19
84
87
9.21
32.3
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