lowest fip by a player with at least 450 ip between 2017 to 2019

Between 2017 and 2019, Chris Sale had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 450 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	Chris 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
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2.67	593.2	91	45	20	.692	91	2.64	811	4	1	0	420	174	187	63	139	30	0	8	2,339	8	12.29	2.11	5.83	0.96	34.7	5.9	0.94	.275	2.83	61	62	6.37	107.8
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.69	622.1	95	36	27	.571	95	2.53	763	2	0	0	486	175	194	57	149	14	0	9	2,466	11	11.03	2.15	5.12	0.82	30.9	6.0	1.02	.289	2.81	63	64	7.03	103.5
4	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	2.91	454.1	69	40	14	.741	69	2.83	525	7	4	0	364	143	157	50	85	11	0	2	1,787	7	10.40	1.68	6.18	0.99	29.4	4.8	0.99	.281	3.11	63	67	7.21	71.3
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.13	615.2	98	47	22	.681	98	3.20	798	1	1	0	484	219	232	79	167	14	0	1	2,465	20	11.67	2.44	4.78	1.15	32.4	6.8	1.06	.288	3.39	75	72	7.08	83.1
6	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.16	514.1	83	43	17	.717	83	3.15	611	1	1	0	410	180	193	55	141	25	0	11	2,086	16	10.69	2.47	4.33	0.96	29.3	6.8	1.07	.283	3.38	73	73	7.17	68.3
7	Charlie Morton C. Morton	3.25	508.1	88	45	16	.738	88	3.24	604	0	0	0	409	183	199	47	171	41	0	1	2,102	13	10.69	3.03	3.53	0.83	28.7	8.1	1.14	.292	3.52	76	76	7.24	60.2
8	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	3.25	472.0	87	41	23	.641	74	3.66	553	4	1	1	438	192	199	60	105	18	4	7	1,923	21	10.54	2.00	5.27	1.14	28.8	5.5	1.15	.318	3.79	81	75	8.35	57.3
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.28	643.0	101	52	23	.693	101	2.81	809	3	2	0	463	201	209	91	151	18	0	4	2,529	14	11.32	2.11	5.36	1.27	32.0	6.0	0.95	.255	2.93	65	75	6.48	77.8
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	3.32	591.2	99	39	27	.591	98	3.47	662	2	2	0	539	228	248	65	179	11	0	13	2,461	22	10.07	2.72	3.70	0.99	26.9	7.3	1.21	.307	3.77	80	77	8.20	62.5
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3.37	514.2	82	43	14	.754	81	2.69	546	1	0	0	420	154	167	68	100	4	0	0	2,035	21	9.55	1.75	5.46	1.19	26.8	4.9	1.01	.267	2.92	66	80	7.34	49.5
12	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.40	618.2	98	50	23	.685	98	3.11	601	1	0	0	528	214	230	74	118	10	0	5	2,450	18	8.74	1.72	5.09	1.08	24.5	4.8	1.04	.276	3.35	72	81	7.68	57.9
13	Aaron Nola A. Nola	3.43	582.2	94	41	24	.631	94	3.23	637	0	0	0	479	209	215	62	187	20	0	8	2,376	8	9.84	2.89	3.41	0.96	26.8	7.9	1.14	.284	3.32	75	78	7.40	60.1
14	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	3.60	564.2	94	40	28	.588	92	3.68	670	1	1	1	499	231	253	68	199	33	2	2	2,377	25	10.68	3.17	3.37	1.08	28.2	8.4	1.24	.306	4.03	81	81	7.95	50.3
15	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.67	464.0	77	26	22	.542	77	3.94	455	0	0	0	443	203	215	51	145	14	0	5	1,958	8	8.83	2.81	3.14	0.99	23.2	7.4	1.27	.303	4.17	99	88	8.59	25.4
16	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	3.74	515.2	87	32	26	.552	87	3.33	434	1	1	0	478	191	209	58	116	20	0	6	2,112	1	7.57	2.02	3.74	1.01	20.5	5.5	1.15	.283	3.65	79	88	8.34	28.5
17	Sonny Gray S. Gray	3.79	468.0	88	32	29	.525	81	3.67	481	1	0	0	399	191	211	50	182	18	2	2	1,968	27	9.25	3.50	2.64	0.96	24.4	9.2	1.24	.282	4.06	84	85	7.67	33.7
18	Marcus 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
19	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	3.83	470.1	86	38	18	.679	81	3.92	509	0	0	0	440	205	210	59	170	16	1	4	1,994	5	9.74	3.25	2.99	1.13	25.5	8.5	1.30	.307	4.02	84	87	8.42	28.8
20	José Berríos J. Berríos	3.86	538.1	90	40	27	.597	89	3.80	536	3	1	0	484	227	248	66	160	35	0	1	2,255	17	8.96	2.67	3.35	1.10	23.8	7.1	1.20	.287	4.15	85	88	8.09	32.7
21	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	3.89	551.1	97	37	29	.561	95	3.90	560	0	0	0	509	239	256	62	213	24	0	8	2,351	25	9.14	3.48	2.63	1.01	23.8	9.1	1.31	.300	4.18	87	89	8.31	31.5
22	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	3.91	532.0	90	37	23	.617	90	4.28	552	1	1	0	527	253	268	78	141	21	0	8	2,239	28	9.34	2.39	3.91	1.32	24.7	6.3	1.26	.310	4.53	88	87	8.92	33.1
23	Chris Archer C. Archer	3.92	469.0	84	19	29	.396	84	4.43	554	0	0	0	462	231	251	71	164	15	0	5	2,016	27	10.63	3.15	3.38	1.36	27.5	8.1	1.33	.323	4.82	106	92	8.87	17.1
24	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	3.96	534.0	96	37	31	.544	95	4.28	517	1	1	0	523	254	273	68	175	15	0	7	2,274	22	8.71	2.95	2.95	1.15	22.7	7.7	1.31	.304	4.60	101	93	8.81	18.9
25	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	3.96	463.0	76	34	24	.586	76	3.48	369	2	0	0	442	179	192	49	144	13	0	1	1,945	16	7.17	2.80	2.56	0.95	19.0	7.4	1.27	.287	3.73	82	93	8.59	15.4

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