lowest fip by a player with at least 450 ip between 1971 to 1973

Between the 1971 and 1973 seasons, Don Sutton had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 450 innings, with a FIP of 2.33.

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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	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.33	794.1	104	54	31	.635	103	2.35	601	44	16	1	613	207	241	41	174	14	1	10	3,126	24	6.81	1.97	3.45	0.46	19.2	5.6	0.99	.249	2.73	70	71	6.95	85.2
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.35	838.1	107	60	32	.652	106	2.23	789	52	10	0	644	208	227	64	202	13	1	9	3,310	18	8.47	2.17	3.91	0.69	23.8	6.1	1.01	.259	2.44	65	69	6.91	97.5
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.47	890.2	117	53	49	.520	116	2.68	710	53	17	0	810	265	297	59	195	24	1	12	3,605	19	7.17	1.97	3.64	0.60	19.7	5.4	1.13	.287	3.00	76	69	8.18	111.8
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.67	718.2	90	47	34	.580	90	2.74	535	56	10	0	600	219	250	40	221	13	0	28	2,935	26	6.70	2.77	2.42	0.50	18.2	7.5	1.14	.263	3.13	78	77	7.51	62.3
5	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	2.71	582.0	84	46	30	.605	84	2.95	355	18	4	0	539	191	239	28	151	11	0	16	2,409	9	5.49	2.34	2.35	0.43	14.7	6.3	1.19	.274	3.70	86	81	8.34	42.2
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.77	762.0	110	50	46	.521	104	2.87	849	49	13	1	529	243	271	40	435	32	3	10	3,214	39	10.03	5.14	1.95	0.47	26.4	13.5	1.27	.263	3.20	87	84	6.25	46.9
7	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.83	523.0	75	29	29	.500	72	2.86	398	22	7	0	456	166	190	32	185	4	2	28	2,167	16	6.85	3.18	2.15	0.55	18.4	8.5	1.23	.274	3.27	82	83	7.85	33.4
8	Tom Bradley T. Bradley	2.90	769.2	120	43	41	.512	113	3.24	551	24	9	2	710	277	314	61	208	7	3	19	3,199	20	6.44	2.43	2.65	0.71	17.2	6.5	1.19	.274	3.67	93	80	8.30	58.1
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.91	913.0	118	60	39	.606	117	3.07	705	66	15	0	825	311	350	69	298	9	0	31	3,784	27	6.95	2.94	2.37	0.68	18.6	7.9	1.23	.280	3.45	85	82	8.13	61.6
10	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	2.93	1070.0	142	70	50	.583	139	2.64	602	63	19	1	978	314	380	74	227	21	3	10	4,337	24	5.06	1.91	2.65	0.62	13.9	5.2	1.13	.265	3.20	74	82	8.23	79.9
11	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.94	726.2	101	50	27	.649	99	2.55	570	42	16	0	540	206	236	56	241	9	0	8	2,896	27	7.06	2.98	2.37	0.69	19.7	8.3	1.07	.240	2.92	77	87	6.69	33.8
12	Bob Moose B. Moose	2.96	567.1	94	36	30	.545	77	3.43	323	15	7	2	601	216	243	34	152	10	5	31	2,413	14	5.12	2.41	2.13	0.54	13.4	6.3	1.33	.299	3.85	100	88	9.53	24.8
13	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.01	966.2	119	59	47	.557	118	2.68	630	72	14	1	823	288	338	71	264	22	1	29	3,904	36	5.87	2.46	2.39	0.66	16.1	6.8	1.12	.258	3.15	75	84	7.66	57.2
14	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	3.01	711.0	111	43	35	.551	98	3.01	365	33	11	2	729	238	271	42	180	9	7	20	2,979	14	4.62	2.28	2.03	0.53	12.3	6.0	1.28	.288	3.43	88	90	9.23	26.6
15	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.02	1012.0	128	63	43	.594	128	3.06	772	69	11	0	933	344	376	100	245	23	0	14	4,145	25	6.87	2.18	3.15	0.89	18.6	5.9	1.16	.277	3.34	86	84	8.30	65.9
16	Rick Wise R. Wise	3.02	800.1	108	49	42	.538	106	3.11	441	51	11	0	770	277	321	54	200	8	1	30	3,295	16	4.96	2.25	2.21	0.61	13.4	6.1	1.21	.276	3.61	87	86	8.66	42.8
17	Tommy John T. John	3.04	634.0	103	40	28	.588	95	3.22	364	18	6	0	618	227	271	47	148	12	3	8	2,629	23	5.17	2.10	2.46	0.67	13.8	5.6	1.21	.277	3.85	93	88	8.77	28.8
18	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.05	735.2	105	42	36	.538	99	2.76	501	41	9	2	578	226	253	52	237	16	4	11	2,982	23	6.13	2.90	2.11	0.64	16.8	7.9	1.11	.242	3.10	80	90	7.07	25
19	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	3.05	622.1	95	40	32	.556	93	3.38	330	30	8	0	597	234	265	34	180	13	0	10	2,578	16	4.77	2.60	1.83	0.49	12.8	7.0	1.25	.279	3.83	96	85	8.63	36.5
20	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.06	885.1	113	58	41	.586	113	3.25	617	60	10	0	824	320	358	96	156	16	0	23	3,594	7	6.27	1.59	3.96	0.98	17.2	4.3	1.11	.269	3.64	85	82	8.38	65.4
21	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.06	591.2	95	31	38	.449	83	3.26	399	20	4	1	549	214	240	44	179	11	5	17	2,457	19	6.07	2.72	2.23	0.67	16.2	7.3	1.23	.277	3.65	94	90	8.35	22.5
22	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.07	479.1	78	27	31	.466	68	3.21	288	20	6	0	457	171	190	27	164	5	2	14	2,011	18	5.41	3.08	1.76	0.51	14.3	8.2	1.30	.282	3.57	83	81	8.58	37.2
23	Bill Singer B. Singer	3.08	688.1	97	36	47	.434	96	3.61	486	31	6	0	623	276	311	42	261	18	0	10	2,919	15	6.35	3.41	1.86	0.55	16.6	8.9	1.28	.275	4.07	106	92	8.15	20
24	Reggie Cleveland R. Cleveland	3.09	676.2	99	40	37	.519	99	3.66	423	27	8	0	678	275	315	54	174	15	0	36	2,863	9	5.63	2.31	2.43	0.72	14.8	6.1	1.26	.284	4.19	104	89	9.02	28.4
25	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	3.09	696.0	96	42	34	.553	92	2.84	498	34	10	2	545	220	258	45	266	15	4	17	2,875	17	6.44	3.44	1.87	0.58	17.3	9.3	1.17	.244	3.34	88	93	7.05	17.2

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