lowest fip in a single season with at least 27 games started since 1970

Since 1970, Pedro Martinez has the lowest fielding-independent pitching with 27+ starts in a season, with a FIP of 1.38 in 1999.

Interpreted as:

lowest fip by a player in a single season with at least 27 games started since 1970

	NAME	FIP	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.38	29	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	2.07	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	30	6.75	79.4
2	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	1.62	28	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	2.43	234	0	0	0	167.0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	12.61	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	58	38	6.63	48.9
3	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.68	31	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	2.60	276	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	48	6.65	44.6
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.81	27	2014	LAD	27	21	3	.875	1.77	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	51	50	6.31	40.5
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.93	35	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	1.76	289	21	4	0	286.1	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
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	1.97	27	2018	BOS	27	12	4	.750	2.11	237	0	0	0	158.0	102	37	39	11	34	14	0	0	617	4	13.50	1.94	6.97	0.63	38.4	5.5	0.86	.283	2.22	48	47	5.81	39.2
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.98	32	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	1.70	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	50	6.30	49
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.98	33	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	2.13	301	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	52	6.31	47.7
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.00	41	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	1.97	310	30	8	0	346.1	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
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2.08	30	1995	SEA	30	18	2	.900	2.48	294	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	44	6.68	62
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.08	29	2024	ATL	29	18	3	.857	2.38	225	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	11.40	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	57	52	7.14	38.1
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2.12	34	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	2.49	372	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	48	6.52	63.9
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.12	35	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	1.53	268	16	8	0	276.2	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
14	Mike Scott M. Scott	2.15	37	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	2.22	306	7	5	0	275.1	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
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.15	37	1971	LAD	38	17	12	.586	2.54	194	12	4	1	265.1	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
16	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.16	29	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	1.74	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	47	5.31	61.5
17	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.17	35	1988	BOS	35	18	12	.600	2.93	291	14	8	0	264.0	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
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.17	31	1990	BOS	31	21	6	.778	1.93	209	7	4	0	228.1	193	49	59	7	54	7	0	3	920	8	8.24	2.13	3.87	0.28	22.7	5.9	1.08	.289	2.33	47	55	7.61	44.8
19	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	2.18	35	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	1.74	248	16	9	0	273.2	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
20	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2.19	32	2011	PHI	32	19	6	.760	2.35	220	8	1	0	233.2	208	61	65	10	35	4	0	4	933	2	8.47	1.35	6.29	0.39	23.6	3.8	1.04	.298	2.50	61	56	8.01	43.5
21	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.19	39	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	1.82	301	24	8	0	312.0	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
22	J.R. Richard	2.19	38	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	2.71	313	19	4	0	292.1	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
23	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.21	29	2003	BOS	29	14	4	.778	2.22	206	3	0	0	186.2	147	46	52	7	47	9	0	0	749	5	9.93	2.27	4.38	0.34	27.5	6.3	1.04	.292	2.51	48	50	7.09	45.7
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2.22	35	1998	SDP	36	18	7	.720	2.38	257	7	3	0	257.0	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
25	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.23	30	2002	BOS	30	20	4	.833	2.26	239	2	0	0	199.1	144	50	62	13	40	15	0	1	787	3	10.79	1.81	5.98	0.59	30.4	5.1	0.92	.273	2.80	50	53	6.50	45.4