lowest single season fip since 1900 minimum 50 inning

Since 1900, Christy Mathewson has the lowest fielding-independent pitching in a season, with a FIP of 1.29 in 1908.

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lowest single season fip with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player since 1900 minimum 50 inning

	NAME	FIP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1.29	1908	NYG	56	37	11	.771	44	1.43	259	34	11	5	390.2	281	62	85	5	42	3	9		1,469	2	5.97	0.97	6.17	0.12	17.6	2.9	0.83	.238	1.96	61	52	6.47	52.4
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.38	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	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
3	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.39	1910	WSH	45	25	17	.595	42	1.36	313	38	8	1	370.0	262	56	92	1	76	13	3		1,367	21	7.61	1.85	4.12	0.02	22.9	5.6	0.91	.271	2.24	56	56	6.37	45.2
4	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.42	1908	CWS	66	40	15	.727	49	1.42	269	42	11	6	464.0	343	73	111	2	56	9	16		1,755	10	5.22	1.09	4.80	0.04	15.3	3.2	0.86	.240	2.15	63	67	6.65	34.2
5	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	1.51	1908	SLA	43	19	14	.576	36	1.89	232	25	5	3	285.2	223	60	93	0	90	8	6		1,143	7	7.31	2.84	2.58	0.00	20.3	7.9	1.10	.274	2.93	82	69	7.03	20.7
6	Cy Young C. Young	1.52	1908	BOS	36	21	11	.656	33	1.26	150	30	3	2	299.0	230	42	68	1	37	1	3		1,116	4	4.52	1.11	4.05	0.03	13.4	3.3	0.89	.247	2.05	52	67	6.92	25.4
7	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	1.57	1907	PHA	44	19	13	.594	33	2.15	232	20	7	0	284.2	234	68	115	2	73	15	5		1,121	4	7.33	2.31	3.18	0.06	20.7	6.5	1.08	.290	3.64	83	65	7.40	27.3
8	Chief Bender C. Bender	1.58	1909	PHA	34	18	8	.692	29	1.66	161	24	5	1	250.0	196	46	68	1	45	5	5		968	5	5.80	1.62	3.58	0.04	16.6	4.6	0.96	.258	2.45	69	68	7.06	20.5
9	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	1.59	1904	PHA	46	25	19	.568	46	1.62	349	39	8	0	383.0	307	69	109	5	91	14	0		1,496	8	8.20	2.14	3.84	0.12	23.3	6.1	1.04	.291	2.56	61	62	7.21	41.5
10	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.60	1908	WSH	36	14	14	.500	30	1.65	160	23	6	1	256.1	194	47	75	0	53	11	6		985	13	5.62	1.86	3.02	0.00	16.2	5.4	0.96	.255	2.63	72	75	6.81	15
11	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1.62	1909	NYG	37	25	6	.806	33	1.14	149	26	8	2	275.1	192	35	57	2	36	0	4		998	4	4.87	1.18	4.14	0.07	14.9	3.6	0.83	.234	1.86	44	61	6.28	31.7
12	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	1.62	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	28	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
13	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.63	1910	CWS	45	18	20	.474	36	1.27	258	33	7	5	369.2	242	52	87	5	61	4	7		1,359	6	6.28	1.49	4.23	0.12	19.0	4.5	0.82	.230	2.12	52	66	5.89	34.8
14	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.68	1908	CLE	42	24	11	.686	35	1.16	130	29	9	2	325.0	232	42	77	2	30	2	6		1,209	6	3.60	0.83	4.33	0.06	10.8	2.5	0.81	.220	2.13	49	76	6.42	19.3
15	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.68	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	31	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
16	Cy Young C. Young	1.69	1905	BSA	38	18	19	.486	33	1.82	210	31	4	0	320.2	248	65	99	3	30	8	5		1,189	6	5.89	0.84	7.00	0.08	17.7	2.5	0.87	.261	2.78	68	61	6.96	38.4
17	Chief Bender C. Bender	1.72	1907	PHA	33	16	8	.667	24	2.05	112	20	4	3	219.1	185	50	67	1	34	3	8		838	5	4.60	1.40	3.29	0.04	13.4	4.1	1.00	.267	2.75	79	71	7.59	17.3
18	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.73	1908	PHA	34	14	16	.467	28	2.17	135	21	4	1	244.2	202	59	71	1	46	9	5		956	7	4.97	1.69	2.93	0.04	14.1	4.8	1.01	.263	2.61	89	76	7.43	15.4
19	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.75	1909	CHC	38	20	11	.645	32	1.42	205	23	9	3	285.0	204	45	66	1	80	8	6		1,116	11	6.47	2.53	2.56	0.03	18.4	7.2	1.00	.247	2.08	55	67	6.44	27.8
20	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.77	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	34	1.12	268	28	13	0	304.2	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
21	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	1.78	1908	DET	29	18	7	.720	28	2.08	141	25	6	0	242.2	210	56	78	2	53	6	1		967	3	5.23	1.97	2.66	0.07	14.6	5.5	1.08	.272	2.89	84	76	7.79	15.4
22	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.78	1909	CHC	50	27	9	.750	34	1.31	172	32	8	7	342.2	246	50	78	1	53	7	15		1,280	9	4.52	1.39	3.25	0.03	13.4	4.1	0.87	.234	2.05	51	68	6.46	32.4
23	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1.78	1907	NYG	41	24	12	.667	36	2.00	178	31	8	2	315.0	250	70	88	5	53	2	4		1,235	5	5.09	1.51	3.36	0.14	14.4	4.3	0.96	.246	2.51	80	67	7.14	30.7
24	Doc White D. White	1.80	1907	CWS	46	27	13	.675	35	2.26	141	24	6	1	291.0	270	73	93	3	38	6	9		1,131	0	4.36	1.18	3.71	0.09	12.5	3.4	1.06	.283	2.88	95	80	8.35	12.8
25	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.81	2014	LAD	27	21	3	.875	27	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

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Since 1900, Christy Mathewson has the lowest fielding-independent pitching in a season, with a FIP of 1.29 in 1908.

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