lowest fip in a season since 1950 minimum 250 innings pitched

Since 1950, Bob Gibson has the lowest fielding-independent pitching with 250.0+ innings pitched in a season, with a FIP of 1.77 in 1968.

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lowest fip by a player in a season since 1950 minimum 250 innings pitched

	NAME	FIP	IP	SEASON	TM	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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.77	304.2	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	34	1.12	268	28	13	0	198	38	49	11	62	7	0	6	1,161	4	7.92	1.83	4.32	0.32	23.1	5.3	0.85	.230	1.45	38	63	5.85	34.8
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.85	311.0	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.833	40	1.88	306	20	11	0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	62	6.19	41.9
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.93	286.1	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	289	21	4	0	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	58	6.60	44.5
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.93	335.2	1965	LAD	43	26	8	.765	41	2.04	382	27	8	2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	63	61	5.79	47.9
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.00	346.1	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	1.97	310	30	8	0	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	59	6.68	53.5
6	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2.04	258.1	1968	CLE	34	21	9	.700	32	1.60	264	19	9	0	152	46	53	16	73	4	0	4	987	3	9.20	2.54	3.62	0.56	26.7	7.4	0.87	.216	1.85	53	64	5.30	33
7	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.07	323.0	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	41	1.73	317	27	5	0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	53	65	6.72	41.8
8	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2.08	273.0	1965	CLE	42	17	11	.607	35	2.18	325	14	3	4	178	66	80	9	132	6	5	7	1,116	17	10.71	4.35	2.46	0.30	29.1	11.8	1.14	.262	2.64	63	58	5.87	45.4
9	Bob Veale B. Veale	2.11	266.0	1965	PIT	39	17	12	.586	37	2.84	276	14	7	0	221	84	98	5	119	7	2	7	1,126	17	9.34	4.03	2.32	0.17	24.5	10.6	1.28	.300	3.32	80	62	7.48	38.8
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.12	276.2	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	1.53	268	16	8	0	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	59	6.44	45.6
11	Mike Scott M. Scott	2.15	275.1	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	2.22	306	7	5	0	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	61	5.95	43.6
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.15	265.1	1971	LAD	38	17	12	.586	37	2.54	194	12	4	1	231	75	85	10	55	5	1	5	1,059	5	6.58	1.87	3.53	0.34	18.3	5.2	1.08	.278	2.88	77	67	7.84	32
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.17	264.0	1988	BOS	35	18	12	.600	35	2.93	291	14	8	0	217	86	93	17	62	6	0	4	1,063	4	9.92	2.11	4.69	0.58	27.4	5.8	1.06	.291	3.17	72	56	7.40	50.5
14	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	2.18	273.2	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	248	16	9	0	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	58	6.15	48.5
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.19	312.0	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	1.82	301	24	8	0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	66	6.03	41.4
16	J.R. Richard	2.19	292.1	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	2.71	313	19	4	0	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	62	6.77	45.6
17	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.20	292.0	1968	MIN	43	16	16	.500	39	2.53	234	15	6	1	224	82	96	15	63	10	3	8	1,161	12	7.21	1.94	3.71	0.46	20.2	5.4	0.98	.249	2.96	82	68	6.90	33
18	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.22	278.0	1968	NYM	36	16	12	.571	35	2.20	205	14	5	1	224	68	73	15	48	8	1	5	1,088	8	6.64	1.55	4.27	0.49	18.8	4.4	0.98	.257	2.36	74	78	7.25	18.8
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2.22	257.0	1998	SDP	36	18	7	.720	35	2.38	257	7	3	0	225	68	77	8	49	10	0	4	1,032	10	9.00	1.72	5.24	0.28	24.9	4.7	1.07	.306	2.70	60	53	7.88	57
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.23	272.2	1972	LAD	33	19	9	.679	33	2.08	207	18	9	0	186	63	78	13	63	4	0	1	1,061	9	6.83	2.08	3.29	0.43	19.5	5.9	0.91	.224	2.57	64	71	6.14	27.9
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.24	264.0	1997	TOR	34	21	7	.750	34	2.05	292	9	3	0	204	60	65	9	68	12	0	1	1,044	4	9.95	2.32	4.29	0.31	28.0	6.5	1.03	.294	2.22	45	50	6.95	66.3
22	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2.25	269.0	1968	CLE	38	15	14	.517	37	1.81	283	11	3	0	181	54	78	13	110	10	0	9	1,098	7	9.47	3.68	2.57	0.43	25.8	10.0	1.08	.246	2.61	59	70	6.06	28.3
23	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.27	255.2	1966	SFG	36	21	8	.724	35	2.99	201	13	3	0	242	85	92	15	40	5	0	3	1,035	7	7.08	1.41	5.03	0.53	19.4	3.9	1.10	.293	3.24	83	65	8.52	34.5
24	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.28	294.0	1970	STL	34	23	7	.767	34	3.12	274	23	3	0	262	102	111	13	88	4	0	9	1,213	5	8.39	2.69	3.11	0.40	22.6	7.3	1.19	.299	3.40	76	59	8.02	51.7
25	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2.29	285.0	1969	CLE	39	18	14	.563	38	2.94	279	18	4	1	222	93	111	13	102	7	1	9	1,166	14	8.81	3.22	2.74	0.41	23.9	8.7	1.14	.273	3.51	79	59	7.01	49.5