Chris Sale had the lowest fielding-independent pitching in 2017, with a FIP of 2.45.

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pitchers with the best fip with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in 2017

	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.45	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	308	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	63	56	6.93	45.5
2	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	2.49	2017	CLE	29	18	4	.818	29	2.25	265	5	3	0	203.2	141	51	56	21	36	5	0	2	777	4	11.71	1.59	7.36	0.93	34.1	4.6	0.87	.267	2.47	50	57	6.23	42.8
3	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	2.71	2017	WSH	28	15	4	.789	28	2.52	204	1	1	0	175.1	131	49	55	13	47	7	0	5	701	3	10.47	2.41	4.34	0.67	29.1	6.7	1.02	.274	2.82	57	62	6.72	32.4
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2.89	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	268	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	66	5.65	33.2
5	Jimmy Nelson J. Nelson	3.04	2017	MIL	29	12	6	.667	29	3.49	199	1	0	0	175.1	171	68	75	16	48	9	0	1	728	6	10.21	2.46	4.15	0.82	27.3	6.6	1.25	.340	3.85	80	70	8.78	25.5
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3.06	2017	LAD	27	18	4	.818	27	2.31	202	1	0	0	175.0	136	45	49	23	30	0	0	0	679	4	10.39	1.54	6.73	1.18	29.7	4.4	0.95	.267	2.52	56	72	6.99	23
7	Luis Severino L. Severino	3.07	2017	NYY	31	14	6	.700	31	2.98	230	0	0	0	193.1	150	64	73	21	51	6	0	0	783	6	10.71	2.37	4.51	0.98	29.4	6.5	1.04	.272	3.40	68	69	6.98	29.8
8	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	3.10	2017	CLE	32	18	6	.750	32	3.29	226	1	0	0	200.0	173	73	73	21	46	10	0	2	798	10	10.17	2.07	4.91	0.95	28.3	5.8	1.10	.307	3.29	72	71	7.79	28.7
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	3.26	2017	PHI	27	12	11	.522	27	3.54	184	0	0	0	168.0	154	66	67	18	49	2	0	2	693	1	9.86	2.63	3.76	0.96	26.6	7.1	1.21	.309	3.59	82	74	8.25	21
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.30	2017	ARI	32	17	7	.708	32	3.20	215	1	0	0	202.1	172	72	80	25	45	0	0	0	801	12	9.56	2.00	4.78	1.11	26.8	5.6	1.07	.285	3.56	70	76	7.65	23.7
11	Chris Archer C. Archer	3.39	2017	TBR	34	10	12	.455	34	4.07	249	0	0	0	201.0	193	91	101	27	60	5	0	0	852	15	11.15	2.69	4.15	1.21	29.2	7.0	1.26	.325	4.52	97	80	8.64	19.7
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	3.49	2017	NYM	31	15	10	.600	31	3.53	239	1	0	0	201.1	180	79	87	28	59	2	0	5	827	7	10.68	2.64	4.05	1.25	28.9	7.1	1.19	.305	3.89	87	83	8.05	16.7
13	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	3.60	2017	SFG	32	9	15	.375	32	4.42	205	1	1	0	207.2	204	102	107	30	32	6	0	1	847	2	8.88	1.39	6.41	1.30	24.2	3.8	1.14	.303	4.64	106	89	8.84	10.6
14	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	3.63	2017	STL	30	12	9	.571	30	4.13	158	1	1	0	165.2	170	76	82	17	55	3	0	3	701	5	8.58	2.99	2.87	0.92	22.5	7.8	1.36	.327	4.45	99	86	9.24	11.2
15	Michael Fulmer M. Fulmer	3.67	2017	DET	25	10	12	.455	25	3.83	114	1	0	0	164.2	150	70	80	13	40	8	0	2	676	3	6.23	2.19	2.85	0.71	16.9	5.9	1.15	.273	4.37	87	83	8.20	13.9
16	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	3.67	2017	TOT	32	11	11	.500	32	4.15	207	1	1	0	188.2	170	87	92	23	61	10	0	4	790	8	9.87	2.91	3.39	1.10	26.2	7.7	1.22	.301	4.39	96	84	8.11	14.9
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	3.71	2017	ARI	28	15	5	.750	28	2.89	218	1	1	0	162.0	116	52	57	23	71	5	0	3	665	8	12.11	3.94	3.07	1.28	32.8	10.7	1.15	.267	3.17	63	85	6.44	11.6
18	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.82	2017	TOT	31	10	12	.455	31	3.86	209	0	0	0	186.2	159	80	83	27	58	6	0	1	766	12	10.08	2.80	3.60	1.30	27.3	7.6	1.16	.283	4.00	84	85	7.67	13.5
19	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	3.83	2017	BOS	32	17	6	.739	32	3.32	174	0	0	0	173.2	166	64	69	19	69	4	0	0	740	6	9.02	3.58	2.52	0.98	23.5	9.3	1.35	.310	3.58	72	88	8.60	9.9
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.83	2017	TOT	33	15	8	.652	33	3.36	219	0	0	0	206.0	170	77	80	27	72	4	0	4	849	5	9.57	3.15	3.04	1.18	25.8	8.5	1.17	.271	3.50	76	87	7.43	13.3
21	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	3.88	2017	CLE	32	17	9	.654	31	4.19	196	0	0	0	176.1	181	82	84	25	60	5	1	0	749	3	10.00	3.06	3.27	1.28	26.2	8.0	1.37	.337	4.29	92	88	9.24	10
22	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	3.89	2017	TOR	33	13	9	.591	33	3.09	164	2	0	0	201.0	201	69	82	21	62	6	0	1	834	3	7.34	2.78	2.65	0.94	19.7	7.4	1.31	.310	3.67	71	88	9.00	12
23	Mike Leake M. Leake	3.89	2017	TOT	31	10	13	.435	31	3.92	130	0	0	0	186.0	201	81	93	20	37	9	0	3	782	3	6.29	1.79	3.51	0.97	16.6	4.7	1.28	.309	4.50	94	92	9.73	7.2
24	Sonny Gray S. Gray	3.90	2017	TOT	27	10	12	.455	27	3.55	153	1	0	0	162.1	139	64	79	19	57	3	0	1	678	11	8.48	3.16	2.68	1.05	22.6	8.4	1.21	.269	4.38	83	89	7.71	8.8
25	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	3.90	2017	STL	32	12	11	.522	32	3.64	217	2	2	0	205.0	179	83	93	27	71	8	0	3	858	9	9.53	3.12	3.06	1.19	25.3	8.3	1.22	.284	4.08	88	92	7.86	7.5

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Mon 7/27	BOS	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Tue 7/28	BOS	@	ATH	9:40 PM
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