Bob Gibson had the lowest fielding-independent pitching in 1970, with a FIP of 2.28.

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pitchers best fip with a minimum of 1 IP per team game post 1970

	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 Gibson B. Gibson	2.28	1970	STL	34	23	7	.767	34	3.12	274	23	3	0	294.0	262	102	111	13	88	4	0	9	1,213	5	8.39	2.69	3.11	0.40	22.6	7.3	1.19	.299	3.40	76	59	8.02	51.7
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.52	1970	NYM	37	18	12	.600	36	2.82	283	19	2	0	290.2	230	91	103	21	83	4	1	8	1,173	6	8.76	2.57	3.41	0.65	24.1	7.1	1.08	.267	3.19	71	67	7.12	40.5
3	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2.77	1970	CHC	40	22	16	.579	39	3.39	274	24	3	0	313.0	265	118	128	30	60	7	1	6	1,265	9	7.88	1.73	4.57	0.86	21.7	4.7	1.04	.263	3.68	76	65	7.62	48.3
4	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	3.06	1970	CLE	39	20	12	.625	39	2.92	304	19	1	0	305.0	236	99	108	25	131	7	2	10	1,257	17	8.97	3.87	2.32	0.74	24.2	10.4	1.20	.267	3.19	76	75	6.96	33.8
5	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	3.06	1970	HOU	46	13	9	.591	24	3.98	134	8	2	0	187.2	190	83	102	10	63	10	7	2	818	11	6.43	3.02	2.13	0.48	16.4	7.7	1.35	.300	4.89	99	81	9.11	15.4
6	Jim Perry J. Perry	3.07	1970	MIN	40	24	12	.667	40	3.04	168	13	4	0	278.2	258	94	112	20	57	9	0	10	1,141	3	5.43	1.84	2.95	0.65	14.7	5.0	1.13	.268	3.62	79	76	8.33	29.6
7	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	3.10	1970	KCR	40	8	13	.381	26	3.07	206	10	1	4	214.0	178	73	82	18	82	11	7	4	894	6	8.66	3.45	2.51	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.277	3.45	83	79	7.49	19.4
8	Pat Jarvis P. Jarvis	3.20	1970	ATL	36	16	16	.500	34	3.61	173	11	1	0	254.0	240	102	110	21	72	0	1	5	1,062	5	6.13	2.55	2.40	0.74	16.3	6.8	1.23	.275	3.90	87	81	8.50	21.1
9	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3.22	1970	BAL	39	20	10	.667	39	2.71	199	17	5	0	305.0	263	92	98	21	100	1	0	4	1,257	10	5.87	2.95	1.99	0.62	15.8	8.0	1.19	.259	2.89	74	83	7.76	22.7
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.23	1970	MIN	27	10	9	.526	25	3.18	135	5	1	0	164.0	143	58	66	17	47	2	1	6	675	2	7.41	2.58	2.87	0.93	20.0	7.0	1.16	.266	3.62	83	80	7.85	14.6
11	Chris Short C. Short	3.23	1970	PHI	36	9	16	.360	34	4.30	133	7	2	1	199.0	211	95	100	13	66	6	1	3	863	2	6.02	2.98	2.02	0.59	15.4	7.6	1.39	.307	4.52	106	84	9.54	13.4
12	Bill Hands B. Hands	3.24	1970	CHC	39	18	15	.545	38	3.70	170	12	2	1	265.0	278	109	121	20	76	4	1	8	1,127	9	5.77	2.58	2.24	0.68	15.1	6.7	1.34	.301	4.11	82	76	9.44	28.5
13	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.24	1970	SFG	41	23	13	.639	41	3.20	214	23	5	0	328.2	292	117	138	27	84	8	0	8	1,336	11	5.86	2.30	2.55	0.74	16.0	6.3	1.14	.264	3.78	80	85	8.00	20.5
14	Luke Walker L. Walker	3.25	1970	PIT	42	15	6	.714	19	3.04	124	5	3	3	163.0	129	55	56	6	89	1	13	8	684	6	6.85	4.91	1.39	0.33	18.1	13.0	1.34	.265	3.09	77	86	7.12	9.3
15	Bob Veale B. Veale	3.28	1970	PIT	34	10	15	.400	32	3.92	178	5	1	0	202.0	189	88	99	15	94	3	0	11	882	9	7.93	4.19	1.89	0.67	20.2	10.7	1.40	.294	4.41	99	87	8.42	10.9
16	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.29	1970	PHI	34	10	15	.400	33	4.11	147	4	0	0	219.0	233	100	111	19	56	8	0	9	937	1	6.04	2.30	2.63	0.78	15.7	6.0	1.32	.303	4.56	102	86	9.58	13.2
17	Dick Bosman D. Bosman	3.32	1970	WSH	36	16	12	.571	34	3.00	134	7	3	0	230.2	212	77	81	16	71	2	1	8	951	4	5.23	2.77	1.89	0.62	14.1	7.5	1.23	.269	3.16	83	87	8.27	12.4
18	Jim Merritt J. Merritt	3.33	1970	CIN	35	20	12	.625	35	4.08	136	12	1	0	234.0	248	106	114	21	53	1	0	12	984	4	5.23	2.04	2.57	0.81	13.8	5.4	1.29	.294	4.38	105	90	9.54	9.1
19	Jim McAndrew J. McAndrew	3.35	1970	NYM	32	10	14	.417	27	3.56	111	9	3	2	184.1	166	73	77	18	38	2	3	6	745	6	5.42	1.86	2.92	0.88	14.9	5.1	1.11	.257	3.76	90	89	8.10	8.4
20	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	3.35	1970	NYY	39	20	11	.645	37	2.90	127	8	2	0	260.1	247	84	102	24	40	3	0	6	1,051	2	4.39	1.38	3.18	0.83	12.1	3.8	1.10	.260	3.53	82	90	8.54	10.7
21	Marty Pattin M. Pattin	3.36	1970	MIL	37	14	12	.538	29	3.39	161	11	0	0	233.1	204	88	91	20	71	6	2	9	957	7	6.21	2.74	2.27	0.77	16.8	7.4	1.18	.263	3.51	91	86	7.87	14.7
22	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	3.38	1970	SDP	43	8	14	.364	21	3.81	102	3	2	1	181.2	182	77	80	16	43	1	11	11	753	3	5.05	2.13	2.37	0.79	13.5	5.7	1.24	.281	3.96	98	92	9.02	6
23	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	3.39	1970	PIT	30	13	10	.565	30	3.21	128	9	4	0	201.2	194	72	81	9	87	10	0	11	863	3	5.71	3.88	1.47	0.40	14.8	10.1	1.39	.294	3.61	81	90	8.66	8.3
24	Bob Moose B. Moose	3.40	1970	PIT	28	11	10	.524	27	3.99	119	9	2	0	189.2	186	84	88	14	64	3	0	5	784	0	5.65	3.04	1.86	0.66	15.2	8.2	1.32	.295	4.18	101	90	8.83	7.6
25	Rick Wise R. Wise	3.42	1970	PHI	35	13	14	.481	34	4.17	113	5	1	0	220.1	253	102	115	15	65	3	0	7	962	3	4.62	2.66	1.74	0.61	11.7	6.8	1.44	.311	4.70	103	89	10.33	10.3

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