lowest fip pitchers with at least 500 innings all-time

Ed Walsh has the lowest career fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 500 innings, with a FIP of 2.02.

	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	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	2.02	2964.1	430	195	126	.607	315	1.82	1,736	250	57	35	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	79	7.12	164.3
2	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.03	2961.1	407	193	143	.574	340	2.16	2,316	261	50	5	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54		11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	71	7.48	262
3	Heinie Berger H. Berger	2.11	599.0	90	32	29	.525	68	2.60	337	42	5	1	504	173	215	3	176	20	17		2,309	23	5.06	2.64	1.91	0.05	14.6	7.6	1.14	.283	3.23	106	89	7.57	16
4	Addie Joss A. Joss	2.25	2327.0	286	160	97	.623	260	1.89	920	234	45	5	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	86	7.30	88.8
5	Joe Wood J. Wood	2.26	1434.1	225	117	57	.672	158	2.03	989	121	28	10	1,138	324	497	10	421	49	56		5,640	43	6.21	2.64	2.35	0.06	17.5	7.5	1.09	.270	3.12	70	78	7.14	105.8
6	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.26	4788.2	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	2,507	435	79	30	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	76	7.93	363
7	Glenn Liebhardt G. Liebhardt	2.27	612.2	90	36	35	.507	66	2.17	280	49	7	2	543	148	225	3	183	14	23		2,419	21	4.11	2.69	1.53	0.04	11.6	7.6	1.18	.278	3.31	89	98	7.98	1.6
8	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.29	3017.0	459	212	127	.625	334	2.46	1,711	255	40	34	2,645	823	1,108	40	712	102	112		11,895	79	5.10	2.12	2.40	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.31	88	83	7.89	145.9
9	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	2.32	1067.1	149	71	44	.617	128	2.02	503	75	17	0	869	240	365	6	293	39	12		4,236	16	4.24	2.47	1.72	0.05	11.9	6.9	1.09	.254	3.08	77	86	7.33	44.3
10	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	2.35	1181.0	129	65	60	.520	129	1.89	263	127	9	0	1,183	248	597	7	78		0		4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	67	84	9.02	88.9
11	Reb Russell R. Russell	2.35	1291.2	242	80	59	.576	148	2.33	495	81	24	13	1,128	335	453	7	267	18	60		5,021	21	3.45	1.86	1.85	0.05	9.9	5.3	1.08	.265	3.16	84	83	7.86	68.6
12	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.37	872.0	915	63	51	.553	0	2.49	1,399	0	0	401	510	241	268	57	431	34	606	7	3,551	90	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	57	5.26	170.4
13	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	2.37	863.0	160	56	39	.589	85	2.56	476	55	9	17	703	245	309	15	235	31	60		3,387	16	4.96	2.45	2.03	0.16	14.1	6.9	1.09	.262	3.22	97	90	7.33	26.6
14	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.38	2779.2	322	193	115	.627	314	2.25	860	294	35	0	2,857	695	1,339	32	178		11		11,386	120	2.78	0.58	4.83	0.10	7.6	1.6	1.09	.274	4.34	89	95	9.25	32.3
15	Al Spalding A. Spalding	2.38	539.2	65	48	12	.800	61	1.78	41	53	8	1	559	107	238	6	26		4		2,272	1	0.68	0.43	1.58	0.10	1.8	1.1	1.08		3.97	74	99	9.32	9.6
16	Orval Overall O. Overall	2.39	1535.1	218	108	71	.603	182	2.26	935	133	30	12	1,232	385	520	16	551	45	30		6,145	57	5.48	3.23	1.70	0.09	15.2	9.0	1.16	.264	3.05	81	85	7.22	72.4
17	Fred Anderson F. Anderson	2.41	986.1	178	53	57	.482	114	2.86	514	62	11	8	912	313	415	22	247	15	42		3,989	31	4.69	2.25	2.08	0.20	12.9	6.2	1.18	.279	3.79	99	87	8.32	39.1
18	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.42	3172.1	481	239	130	.648	332	2.06	1,375	271	55	49	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	83	7.68	161.9
19	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.42	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	76	7.48	472.8
20	John Ward J. Ward	2.43	2469.2	293	164	103	.614	262	2.10	920	245	24	3	2,324	576	1,185	26	253		32		10,164	144	3.35	0.92	3.64	0.09	9.1	2.5	1.04		4.32	82	96	8.47	9.1
21	Fred Glade F. Glade	2.45	1072.2	132	52	68	.433	126	2.62	464	107	14	2	950	312	411	11	237	48	6		4,243	14	3.89	1.99	1.96	0.09	10.9	5.6	1.11	.270	3.45	103	99	7.97	-1.6
22	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.45	4495.2	623	326	194	.627	529	2.35	2,246	410	69	23	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	86	7.92	195.2
23	Cy Falkenberg C. Falkenberg	2.49	2275.0	330	130	123	.514	266	2.68	1,164	180	27	8	2,090	678	963	23	690	68	48		9,170	93	4.60	2.73	1.69	0.09	12.7	7.5	1.22	.286	3.81	96	92	8.27	63.3
24	Jimmy Dygert J. Dygert	2.50	986.0	175	57	49	.538	105	2.65	583	62	16	2	798	290	405	9	383	55	49		3,957	33	5.32	3.50	1.52	0.08	14.7	9.7	1.20	.270	3.70	104	102	7.28	-5.8
25	Dick Rudolph D. Rudolph	2.50	2049.0	279	121	109	.526	240	2.66	786	172	27	8	1,971	605	778	35	402	27	36		8,286	39	3.45	1.77	1.96	0.15	9.5	4.9	1.16	.275	3.42	94	88	8.66	76.7

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