lowest fip pitchers with at least 2000 innings since 1960

Since 1960, Chris Sale has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 2000 innings, with a FIP of 2.83.

	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	2.83	2241.0	419	159	97	.621	338	2.95	2,769	17	4	12	1,817	735	793	222	518	144	25	15	9,016	48	11.12	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	68	7.30	336.1
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.85	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	70	6.91	375.2
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.88	3808.2	515	248	169	.595	473	2.91	3,069	253	55	6	3,202	1,230	1,385	253	1,297	101	18	116	15,735	104	7.25	3.06	2.37	0.60	19.5	8.2	1.18	.268	3.27	78	81	7.57	285.9
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.91	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	68	7.07	454.6
5	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.92	2629.2	371	158	126	.556	359	2.83	1,910	135	40	4	2,341	827	961	207	598	112	10	102	10,718	64	6.54	2.05	3.19	0.71	17.8	5.6	1.12	.270	3.29	84	89	8.01	100
6	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.96	2147.1	406	128	115	.527	294	2.92	1,534	83	33	23	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	83	7.81	140.2
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.96	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	83	6.56	370.2
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.03	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	85	7.47	286.1
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	3.04	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	88	8.09	154.8
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.04	2919.1	441	165	145	.532	409	3.19	2,224	113	35	12	2,697	1,034	1,167	260	714	125	23	83	12,091	33	6.86	2.20	3.11	0.80	18.4	5.9	1.17	.278	3.60	87	85	8.31	184
11	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	3.05	2363.0	361	125	126	.498	318	3.18	1,516	97	30	3	2,276	835	970	161	638	26	23	69	9,789	68	5.77	2.43	2.38	0.61	15.5	6.5	1.23	.284	3.69	87	84	8.67	153.5
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.06	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	3,534	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	85	8.31	312.9
13	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	3.06	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	84	7.03	160.4
14	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.08	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	71	7.66	680.4
15	Bill Singer B. Singer	3.08	2174.0	322	118	127	.482	308	3.39	1,515	94	24	2	1,952	819	944	132	781	63	7	50	9,143	67	6.27	3.23	1.94	0.55	16.6	8.5	1.26	.274	3.91	100	93	8.08	49.9
16	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.14	5217.2	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	4,136	254	55	2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	86	8.06	271.5
17	Ron Reed R. Reed	3.15	2477.1	751	146	140	.510	236	3.46	1,481	55	8	103	2,374	953	1,084	182	633	50	300	124	10,304	72	5.38	2.30	2.34	0.66	14.4	6.1	1.21	.275	3.94	94	87	8.62	129.5
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.18	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	73	7.28	554.3
19	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.18	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	3,701	242	60	0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	82	8.39	368.6
20	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.19	2837.2	399	158	152	.510	393	3.17	1,621	129	37	2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	88	8.31	137.7
21	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.19	3638.1	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	2,832	195	41	10	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	87	8.33	188.5
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.20	2069.1	337	161	89	.644	337	3.21	2,368	8	5	0	1,735	737	788	237	522	63	0	7	8,336	58	10.30	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	78	7.55	216.8
23	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	3.21	2335.2	340	141	132	.516	321	3.29	1,206	116	30	0	2,264	853	988	174	535	40	8	65	9,664	32	4.65	2.06	2.25	0.67	12.5	5.5	1.20	.271	3.81	89	90	8.72	94.7
24	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.21	3548.1	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	2,015	102	26	5	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	85	9.10	225.7
25	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.22	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	3,116	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	76	8.27	373.6

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