Frank Bates has the highest fielding-independent pitching by a rookie, with a FIP of 5.73 in 1899.

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	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	Frank Bates F. Bates	5.73	1899	TOT	22	1	18	.053	19	6.90	13	17	0	0	161.2	246	124	183	6	110	23	3		839	5	0.72	6.12	0.12	0.33	1.5	13.1	2.20	.349	10.19	179	149	13.69	-33.8
2	Varney Anderson V. Anderson	5.63	1895	WSH	29	9	16	.360	25	5.89	35	18	0	0	204.2	288	134	199	13	97	10	3		988	1	1.54	4.27	0.36	0.57	3.5	9.8	1.88	.330	8.75	125	119	12.66	-21.3
3	Matt Chico M. Chico	5.55	2007	WSH	31	7	9	.438	31	4.63	94	0	0	0	167.0	183	86	96	26	74	5	0	3	747	7	5.07	3.99	1.27	1.40	12.6	9.9	1.54	.286	5.17	109	127	9.86	-23
4	Jim Walkup J. Walkup	5.54	1935	SLA	55	6	9	.400	20	6.25	44	4	1	0	181.1	226	126	139	17	104	2	16		858	6	2.18	5.16	0.42	0.84	5.1	12.1	1.82	.302	6.90	131	117	11.22	-14.4
5	Eric Bell E. Bell	5.49	1987	BAL	33	10	13	.435	29	5.45	111	2	0	0	165.0	174	100	113	32	78	2	1	0	729	11	6.05	4.25	1.42	1.75	15.2	10.7	1.53	.281	6.16	124	122	9.49	-17.8
6	Brad Radke B. Radke	5.41	1995	MIN	29	11	14	.440	28	5.32	75	2	1	0	181.0	195	107	112	32	47	4	0	0	772	4	3.73	2.34	1.60	1.59	9.7	6.1	1.34	.265	5.57	111	116	9.70	-14.8
7	Huyler Westervelt H. Westervelt	5.41	1894	NYG	23	7	10	.412	18	5.04	35	11	1	0	141.0	170	79	118	4	76	5	4		657	12	2.23	4.85	0.46	0.26	5.3	11.6	1.74	.309	7.53	97	104	10.85	-3.8
8	Sugar Cain S. Cain	5.40	1933	PHA	38	13	12	.520	32	4.25	43	16	1	1	218.0	244	103	132	18	137	3	2		1,030	4	1.78	5.66	0.31	0.74	4.2	13.3	1.75	.273	5.45	98	132	10.07	-31.3
9	Tom Colcolough T. Colcolough	5.39	1894	PIT	23	8	5	.615	14	7.23	29	11	0	0	150.2	213	121	147	5	72	5	8		724	7	1.73	4.30	0.40	0.30	4.0	9.9	1.89	.339	8.78	140	104	12.72	-5.1
10	Bill Magee B. Magee	5.39	1897	LOU	23	4	12	.250	17	5.41	44	13	1	0	156.1	187	94	137	6	101	10	6		747	6	2.53	5.81	0.44	0.35	5.9	13.5	1.84	.309	7.89	127	126	10.77	-20.1
11	Hal McKain H. McKain	5.37	1929	CWS	34	6	9	.400	10	3.65	33	4	1	1	158.0	158	64	84	10	85	10	15		701	1	1.88	4.84	0.39	0.57	4.7	12.1	1.54	.263	4.78	87	124	9.00	-18.4
12	Les Tietje L. Tietje	5.35	1934	CWS	34	5	14	.263	22	4.81	81	6	1	0	176.0	174	94	106	20	96	2	7		786	2	4.14	4.91	0.84	1.02	10.3	12.2	1.53	.262	5.42	107	120	8.90	-17.3
13	Joe Giard J. Giard	5.35	1925	SLA	30	10	5	.667	21	5.04	43	9	4	0	160.2	179	90	96	13	87	5	3		721	5	2.41	4.87	0.49	0.73	6.0	12.1	1.66	.290	5.38	108	115	10.03	-10.7
14	Rich DeLucia R. DeLucia	5.34	1991	SEA	32	12	13	.480	31	5.09	98	0	0	0	182.0	176	103	107	31	78	4	0	4	779	10	4.85	3.86	1.26	1.53	12.6	10.0	1.40	.255	5.29	123	132	8.70	-26.2
15	Mike McDermott M. McDermott	5.33	1895	LOU	33	4	19	.174	26	5.99	42	18	0	0	207.1	258	138	203	8	103	11	6		973	16	1.82	4.47	0.41	0.35	4.3	10.6	1.74	.309	8.81	131	116	11.20	-19.9
16	Trevor Cahill T. Cahill	5.32	2009	OAK	32	10	13	.435	32	4.63	90	0	0	0	178.2	185	92	99	27	72	4	0	1	773	5	4.53	3.63	1.25	1.36	11.6	9.3	1.44	.272	4.99	107	123	9.32	-20.4
17	William Rotes W. Rotes	5.31	1893	LOU	20	5	12	.294	19	7.60	22	17	0	0	151.2	244	128	173	10	66	10	1		769	1	1.31	3.92	0.33	0.59	2.9	8.6	2.04	.354	10.27	170	119	14.48	-16.2
18	Glenn Spencer G. Spencer	5.31	1930	PIT	41	8	9	.471	11	5.40	60	5	0	4	156.2	185	94	110	16	63	2	22		699	7	3.45	3.62	0.95	0.92	8.6	9.0	1.58	.303	6.32	108	107	10.63	-5.6
19	Jack Kramer J. Kramer	5.28	1939	SLA	40	9	16	.360	31	5.83	68	10	2	0	211.2	269	137	150	18	127	3	5		998	9	2.89	5.40	0.54	0.77	6.8	12.7	1.87	.321	6.38	121	114	11.44	-14
20	Jim Bivin J. Bivin	5.26	1935	PHN	47	2	9	.182	14	5.79	54	0	0	1	161.2	220	104	129	20	65	3	15		773	0	3.01	3.62	0.83	1.11	7.0	8.4	1.76	.317	7.18	127	115	12.25	-9.3
21	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	5.23	1998	MON	33	5	15	.250	32	6.06	139	0	0	0	172.1	196	116	121	31	68	11	1	2	764	2	7.26	3.55	2.04	1.62	18.2	8.9	1.53	.320	6.32	143	122	10.24	-17.8
22	Ray Phelps R. Phelps	5.23	1930	BKN	36	14	7	.667	24	4.11	64	11	2	0	179.2	198	82	98	21	52	3	5		779	1	3.21	2.60	1.23	1.05	8.2	6.7	1.39	.277	4.91	84	108	9.92	-8.5
23	Jeff Weaver J. Weaver	5.21	1999	DET	30	9	12	.429	29	5.55	114	0	0	0	163.2	176	101	104	27	56	17	1	2	717	0	6.27	3.08	2.04	1.48	15.9	7.8	1.42	.296	5.72	113	106	9.68	-4.7
24	Herman Fink H. Fink	5.18	1936	PHA	34	8	16	.333	24	5.39	53	9	0	3	188.2	222	113	126	18	78	0	7		849	2	2.53	3.72	0.68	0.86	6.2	9.2	1.59	.291	6.01	106	107	10.59	-6.5
25	Buck Ross B. Ross	5.14	1936	PHA	30	9	14	.391	27	5.83	47	12	1	0	200.2	253	130	146	17	83	0	1		927	10	2.11	3.72	0.57	0.76	5.1	9.0	1.67	.303	6.55	115	106	11.35	-5.9

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	92	64	.590
Phillies	86	70	.551	6.0
Marlins	76	80	.487	16.0
Nationals	73	83	.468	19.0
Mets	71	85	.455	21.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	98	58	.628
Cubs	87	69	.558	11.0
Pirates	79	77	.506	19.0
Cardinals	76	80	.487	22.0
Reds	72	84	.462	26.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	96	60	.615
Padres	87	69	.558	9.0
Diamondbacks	82	74	.526	14.0
Giants	64	92	.410	32.0
Rockies	57	99	.365	39.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Yankees - x	89	66	.574	6.0
Red Sox - w	84	72	.538	11.5
Blue Jays	77	79	.494	18.5
Orioles	75	81	.481	20.5
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Guardians	81	75	.519
White Sox	80	76	.513	1.0
Twins	73	83	.468	8.0
Tigers	73	83	.468	8.0
Royals	67	89	.429	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	78	78	.500
Astros	77	79	.494	1.0
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/21	MIN	@	SFG	9:45 PM
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Tue 9/22	TOR	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Tue 9/22	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM
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Frank Bates has the highest fielding-independent pitching by a rookie, with a FIP of 5.73 in 1899.

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