pitchers best fip between 1960 and present

Bob Friend had the lowest fielding-independent pitching in 1960, with a FIP of 2.54.

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pitchers best fip with a minimum of 1 IP per team game between 1960 and present

	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	Bob Friend B. Friend	2.54	1960	PIT	38	18	12	.600	37	3.00	183	16	4	1	275.2	266	92	97	18	45	0	1	10	1,118	5	5.97	1.47	4.07	0.59	16.4	4.0	1.13	.284	3.17	81	70	8.68	32.8
2	Gene Conley G. Conley	2.68	1960	PHI	29	8	14	.364	25	3.68	117	9	2	0	183.1	192	75	85	10	42	2	3	4	771	1	5.74	2.06	2.79	0.49	15.2	5.4	1.28	.303	4.17	98	74	9.43	19.5
3	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2.86	1960	DET	36	11	14	.440	34	2.79	201	10	3	0	252.0	217	78	92	20	64	11	1	7	1,024	2	7.18	2.29	3.14	0.71	19.6	6.3	1.12	.271	3.29	70	69	7.75	34.6
4	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	2.86	1960	SFG	40	15	12	.556	34	2.70	154	15	4	3	253.0	228	76	87	15	65	1	6	12	1,033	12	5.48	2.31	2.37	0.53	14.9	6.3	1.16	.267	3.09	74	81	8.11	18.9
5	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.92	1960	LAD	41	15	14	.517	36	2.84	246	15	5	2	269.0	214	85	93	27	72	10	5	5	1,083	6	8.23	2.41	3.42	0.90	22.7	6.6	1.06	.257	3.11	72	76	7.16	26.4
6	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	3.01	1960	PIT	29	11	10	.524	28	3.97	101	4	0	1	172.1	189	76	87	13	38	1	1	8	734	3	5.27	1.98	2.66	0.68	13.8	5.2	1.32	.303	4.54	107	84	9.87	11.3
7	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	3.10	1960	STL	43	18	13	.581	38	3.48	171	14	3	0	282.0	277	109	123	22	70	3	3	4	1,173	2	5.46	2.23	2.44	0.70	14.6	6.0	1.23	.281	3.93	86	80	8.84	24.1
8	Sam Jones S. Jones	3.12	1960	SFG	39	18	14	.563	35	3.19	190	13	3	0	234.0	200	83	112	18	91	4	3	5	978	8	7.31	3.50	2.09	0.69	19.4	9.3	1.24	.270	4.31	87	88	7.69	10.6
9	Billy O'Dell B. O'Dell	3.22	1960	SFG	43	8	13	.381	24	3.20	145	6	1	2	202.2	198	72	80	16	72	2	6	8	873	4	6.44	3.20	2.01	0.71	16.6	8.2	1.33	.285	3.55	88	91	8.79	6.9
10	Ernie Broglio E. Broglio	3.25	1960	STL	52	21	9	.700	24	2.74	188	9	3	0	226.1	172	69	76	18	100	2	14	5	924	5	7.48	3.98	1.88	0.72	20.3	10.8	1.20	.250	3.02	68	84	6.84	15.9
11	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	3.26	1960	MIL	45	19	13	.594	32	3.36	83	18	4	4	275.2	277	103	116	19	35	5	9	7	1,117	2	2.71	1.14	2.37	0.62	7.4	3.1	1.13	.265	3.79	96	96	9.04	3.1
12	Jim O'Toole J. O'Toole	3.26	1960	CIN	34	12	12	.500	31	3.80	124	7	2	1	196.1	198	83	94	14	66	4	1	4	834	7	5.68	3.03	1.88	0.64	14.9	7.9	1.34	.294	4.31	99	88	9.08	9.9
13	Hal Brown H. Brown	3.28	1960	BAL	30	12	5	.706	20	3.06	66	6	1	0	159.0	155	54	61	14	22	1	5	3	635	3	3.74	1.25	3.00	0.79	10.4	3.5	1.11	.265	3.45	83	86	8.77	9.2
14	Vern Law V. Law	3.33	1960	PIT	35	20	9	.690	35	3.08	120	18	3	0	271.2	266	93	104	25	40	4	0	8	1,091	2	3.98	1.33	3.00	0.83	11.0	3.7	1.13	.267	3.45	83	92	8.81	8.3
15	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	3.35	1960	BOS	35	14	11	.560	30	3.64	134	12	3	0	215.0	217	87	91	18	68	2	2	9	909	2	5.61	2.85	1.97	0.75	14.7	7.5	1.33	.290	3.81	90	81	9.08	19.1
16	Ray Herbert R. Herbert	3.37	1960	KCA	37	14	15	.483	33	3.28	122	14	0	1	252.2	256	92	106	17	72	7	3	6	1,063	2	4.35	2.56	1.69	0.61	11.5	6.8	1.30	.283	3.78	81	81	9.12	21.6
17	Frank Baumann F. Baumann	3.41	1960	CWS	47	13	6	.684	20	2.67	71	7	2	4	185.1	169	55	67	11	53	1	10	8	748	0	3.45	2.57	1.34	0.53	9.5	7.1	1.20	.258	3.25	71	88	8.21	9.6
18	Vinegar Bend Mizell V. Bend Mizell	3.41	1960	TOT	32	14	8	.636	32	3.50	113	8	3	0	211.0	205	82	90	14	74	3	0	10	883	3	4.82	3.16	1.53	0.60	12.8	8.4	1.32	.281	3.84	92	92	8.74	6.5
19	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.42	1960	MIL	40	21	10	.677	33	3.50	154	18	4	2	267.2	254	104	114	24	74	4	5	9	1,110	1	5.18	2.49	2.08	0.81	13.9	6.7	1.23	.269	3.83	100	101	8.54	-2.1
20	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	3.42	1960	SFG	37	12	14	.462	34	3.82	125	11	6	0	219.0	199	93	111	11	99	2	2	6	940	15	5.14	4.07	1.26	0.45	13.3	10.5	1.36	.267	4.56	105	97	8.18	2.3
21	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	3.49	1960	LAD	37	8	13	.381	26	3.91	197	7	2	1	175.0	133	76	83	20	100	1	7	6	753	9	10.13	5.14	1.97	1.03	26.2	13.3	1.33	.260	4.27	99	91	6.84	6.6
22	Johnny Podres J. Podres	3.51	1960	LAD	34	14	12	.538	33	3.08	159	8	1	0	227.2	217	78	88	25	71	1	1	9	951	7	6.29	2.81	2.24	0.99	16.7	7.5	1.27	.276	3.48	78	92	8.58	8.2
23	Frank Lary F. Lary	3.51	1960	DET	38	15	15	.500	36	3.51	149	15	2	1	274.1	262	107	125	25	62	19	2	3	1,148	8	4.89	2.03	2.40	0.82	13.0	5.4	1.18	.265	4.10	88	85	8.60	18.3
24	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	3.55	1960	TOT	27	7	4	.636	19	3.06	67	3	1	0	156.0	162	53	58	14	37	0	2	6	648	3	3.87	2.13	1.81	0.81	10.3	5.7	1.28	.279	3.35	77	92	9.35	5.8
25	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	3.55	1960	BAL	30	15	11	.577	27	3.37	126	11	3	0	205.2	184	77	81	15	83	6	3	4	863	10	5.51	3.63	1.52	0.66	14.6	9.6	1.30	.267	3.54	92	93	8.05	5.4

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