lowest fip by a player with at least 750 ip between 1974 to 1978

Between the 1974 and 1978 seasons, Tom Seaver had the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 750 innings, with a FIP of 2.75.

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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	2.75	1308.1	172	84	51	.622	171	2.71	1,101	67	23	0	1,044	394	428	89	395	11	0	42	5,256	36	7.57	2.72	2.79	0.61	20.9	7.5	1.10	.261	2.94	76	77	7.18	122.4
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.82	1332.2	172	73	65	.529	172	2.86	1,065	83	21	0	1,144	423	484	89	377	38	0	17	5,424	31	7.19	2.55	2.82	0.60	19.6	7.0	1.14	.274	3.27	76	76	7.73	129.3
3	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.86	1195.0	163	68	65	.511	160	2.94	782	61	21	1	1,108	390	460	74	285	15	2	33	4,883	34	5.89	2.15	2.74	0.56	16.0	5.8	1.17	.277	3.46	83	80	8.34	98.3
4	Ron Reed R. Reed	2.87	797.1	247	41	40	.506	69	3.03	482	15	4	46	721	268	306	44	186	14	106	32	3,246	18	5.44	2.10	2.59	0.50	14.8	5.7	1.14	.269	3.45	81	77	8.14	74.2
5	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	2.94	932.1	141	52	46	.531	136	3.29	708	29	11	0	878	341	389	60	293	19	2	32	3,934	18	6.83	2.83	2.42	0.58	18.0	7.4	1.26	.287	3.76	90	84	8.48	58.2
6	Tommy John T. John	2.95	793.1	117	60	30	.667	114	2.96	416	29	8	1	795	261	304	34	206	9	3	14	3,302	24	4.72	2.34	2.02	0.39	12.6	6.2	1.26	.289	3.45	84	81	9.02	62.4
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.97	1377.0	177	90	62	.592	177	2.99	923	92	17	0	1,219	458	522	97	343	17	0	28	5,556	15	6.03	2.24	2.69	0.63	16.6	6.2	1.13	.269	3.41	82	81	7.97	108.6
8	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.06	1396.1	189	89	68	.567	188	3.04	857	70	14	1	1,274	472	536	82	416	8	1	23	5,743	34	5.52	2.68	2.06	0.53	14.9	7.2	1.21	.272	3.45	85	82	8.21	100.2
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	3.06	1294.2	171	82	59	.582	166	2.86	1,052	81	22	0	1,125	411	452	117	344	45	3	24	5,285	30	7.31	2.39	3.06	0.81	19.9	6.5	1.13	.270	3.14	81	84	7.82	84.3
10	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.07	1256.0	176	63	77	.450	174	3.32	773	59	13	2	1,173	464	522	70	382	20	2	27	5,182	45	5.54	2.74	2.02	0.50	14.9	7.4	1.24	.280	3.74	89	85	8.41	78.2
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.08	1348.2	177	82	75	.522	176	3.19	1,481	93	22	0	947	478	550	68	869	33	1	19	5,732	60	9.88	5.80	1.70	0.45	25.8	15.2	1.35	.268	3.67	90	85	6.32	85.4
12	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.13	1214.0	175	61	69	.469	165	3.34	913	50	8	4	1,113	450	512	88	414	24	8	39	5,056	25	6.77	3.07	2.21	0.65	18.1	8.2	1.26	.283	3.80	96	88	8.25	57
13	J.R. Richard	3.13	1101.0	159	70	51	.579	151	3.28	949	50	10	0	861	401	441	55	570	11	1	9	4,632	64	7.76	4.66	1.66	0.45	20.5	12.3	1.30	.265	3.60	97	91	7.04	39.6
14	Ed Halicki E. Halicki	3.14	877.0	138	47	57	.452	130	3.39	596	33	12	1	805	330	390	60	266	21	3	36	3,692	12	6.12	2.73	2.24	0.62	16.1	7.2	1.22	.271	4.00	92	89	8.26	38.1
15	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.18	1229.1	191	72	66	.522	184	3.53	742	40	9	3	1,234	482	545	81	342	31	6	44	5,183	40	5.43	2.50	2.17	0.59	14.3	6.6	1.28	.289	3.99	90	83	9.03	90.8
16	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	3.25	1080.2	150	73	50	.593	145	3.42	731	65	11	1	1,016	411	468	79	329	40	2	16	4,497	37	6.09	2.74	2.22	0.66	16.3	7.3	1.24	.282	3.90	90	87	8.46	58.5
17	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.29	1097.0	179	67	52	.563	150	3.22	620	39	14	2	987	392	441	81	300	7	10	23	4,504	20	5.09	2.46	2.07	0.66	13.8	6.7	1.17	.259	3.62	89	90	8.10	48.3
18	Randy Jones R. Jones	3.32	1209.0	181	69	74	.483	171	3.17	435	55	14	2	1,169	426	510	66	284	9	7	60	4,983	10	3.24	2.11	1.53	0.49	8.7	5.7	1.20	.263	3.80	93	95	8.70	20.5
19	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.33	1513.1	206	87	77	.530	198	3.16	1,022	83	15	2	1,393	532	617	108	527	46	6	30	6,353	63	6.08	3.13	1.94	0.64	16.1	8.3	1.27	.276	3.67	80	85	8.28	95.5
20	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.34	1249.1	170	82	59	.582	165	3.31	786	90	17	0	1,166	460	515	135	221	25	4	20	5,061	14	5.66	1.59	3.56	0.97	15.5	4.4	1.11	.265	3.71	86	89	8.40	56.6
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3.35	1431.2	182	93	59	.612	181	2.59	767	94	27	1	1,193	412	466	95	429	17	1	15	5,760	25	4.82	2.70	1.79	0.60	13.3	7.4	1.13	.247	2.93	73	92	7.50	49.8
22	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.35	1276.2	177	85	51	.625	176	3.17	819	57	18	0	1,109	450	498	114	347	20	1	22	5,241	26	5.77	2.45	2.36	0.80	15.6	6.6	1.14	.252	3.51	90	92	7.82	40.3
23	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	3.35	946.0	132	55	38	.591	128	2.85	654	45	13	2	762	300	343	79	318	13	4	8	3,855	29	6.22	3.03	2.06	0.75	17.0	8.2	1.14	.245	3.26	78	90	7.25	36.7
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.36	776.0	124	38	53	.418	105	3.69	474	51	6	1	784	318	363	71	205	4	8	20	3,216	30	5.50	2.38	2.31	0.82	14.7	6.4	1.27	.290	4.21	99	91	9.09	29.3
25	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.38	1329.1	181	90	57	.612	181	3.07	986	73	11	0	1,147	454	518	119	464	15	0	29	5,462	30	6.68	3.14	2.13	0.81	18.1	8.5	1.21	.265	3.51	83	91	7.77	47.7

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