what pitcher had the best fip in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, J.R. Richard had the lowest fielding-independent pitching, with a FIP of 1.93.

Interpreted as:
What pitcher had the best fip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game in the 1980s?
NAME FIP 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 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
1.93
17
10
4
.714
17
1.90
119
4
4
0
113.2
65
24
31
2
40
0
0
1
438
2
9.42
3.17
2.98
0.16
27.2
9.1
0.92
.227
2.45
56
56
5.15
19.9
2 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
2.52
177
100
39
.719
175
2.64
1,168
52
19
1
1291.0
1,053
379
423
65
379
18
1
17
5,215
26
8.14
2.64
3.08
0.45
22.4
7.3
1.11
.276
2.95
75
70
7.34
155.6
3 Lee Smith
L. Smith
2.75
586
50
57
.467
6
2.96
836
0
0
234
835.2
716
275
304
51
334
7
449
73
3,481
37
9.00
3.60
2.50
0.55
24.0
9.6
1.26
.295
3.27
75
72
7.71
100.2
4 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
2.79
175
95
45
.679
174
3.06
1,215
58
21
0
1284.2
1,088
437
476
95
371
32
0
16
5,243
31
8.51
2.60
3.27
0.67
23.2
7.1
1.14
.281
3.33
73
69
7.62
178.3
5 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
2.82
314
122
104
.540
314
3.14
2,167
44
15
0
2094.0
1,603
730
835
128
894
53
0
34
8,704
123
9.31
3.84
2.42
0.55
24.9
10.3
1.19
.270
3.59
90
81
6.89
159.5
6 Rudy May
R. May
2.87
124
28
27
.509
45
3.30
313
7
1
7
447.1
412
164
185
29
106
4
40
8
1,828
19
6.30
2.13
2.95
0.58
17.1
5.8
1.16
.278
3.72
88
75
8.29
50.4
7 John Wetteland
J. Wetteland
2.89
31
5
8
.385
12
3.77
96
0
0
1
102.2
81
43
46
8
34
0
7
4
411
16
8.42
2.98
2.82
0.70
23.4
8.3
1.12
.267
4.03
111
82
7.10
7.3
8 Tim Belcher
T. Belcher
2.95
81
31
20
.608
62
2.82
375
14
9
5
443.2
355
139
157
30
138
9
12
12
1,791
11
7.61
2.80
2.72
0.61
20.9
7.7
1.11
.262
3.18
83
84
7.20
27.7
9 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
3.00
231
98
64
.605
191
2.69
1,011
58
23
5
1457.0
1,240
435
508
75
434
31
18
53
5,957
51
6.25
2.68
2.33
0.46
17.0
7.3
1.15
.264
3.14
76
84
7.66
94.8
10 Alejandro Pena
A. Pena
3.01
281
38
38
.500
72
2.92
571
12
7
32
769.1
693
250
301
44
244
11
104
43
3,200
13
6.68
2.85
2.34
0.51
17.8
7.6
1.22
.279
3.52
83
84
8.11
46.7
11 Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
3.01
466
73
59
.553
73
3.08
884
13
2
188
1066.1
941
365
417
55
437
14
332
35
4,509
31
7.46
3.69
2.02
0.46
19.6
9.7
1.29
.284
3.52
78
76
7.94
114.9
12 Larry Christenson
L. Christenson
3.06
76
20
22
.476
71
3.63
308
3
0
1
451.2
424
182
203
29
127
8
3
13
1,862
10
6.14
2.53
2.43
0.58
16.5
6.8
1.22
.284
4.05
100
86
8.45
25.9
13 Ron Reed
R. Reed
3.08
263
26
20
.565
2
3.29
281
0
0
51
419.0
383
153
172
26
119
7
150
39
1,735
15
6.04
2.56
2.36
0.56
16.2
6.9
1.20
.274
3.69
89
84
8.23
28
14 Gary Lavelle
G. Lavelle
3.10
395
37
39
.487
3
3.18
399
0
0
62
563.0
520
199
232
29
207
4
183
58
2,365
10
6.38
3.31
1.93
0.46
16.9
8.8
1.29
.284
3.71
88
85
8.31
32.9
15 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
3.10
204
92
61
.601
178
3.23
870
52
12
1
1329.0
1,240
477
522
105
258
17
13
19
5,375
32
5.89
1.75
3.37
0.71
16.2
4.8
1.13
.275
3.53
78
78
8.40
129.3
16 Ken Howell
K. Howell
3.11
227
30
41
.423
36
3.80
479
1
1
31
506.2
428
214
236
34
226
6
105
25
2,121
34
8.51
4.01
2.12
0.60
22.6
10.7
1.29
.286
4.19
106
85
7.60
28.9
17 Joe Magrane
J. Magrane
3.15
85
32
25
.561
83
2.89
328
17
8
0
570.1
509
183
213
20
183
18
1
17
2,370
31
5.18
2.89
1.79
0.32
13.8
7.7
1.21
.269
3.36
79
86
8.03
31.8
18 Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
3.17
637
53
43
.552
0
2.67
364
0
0
239
996.2
1,009
296
328
53
152
7
530
63
4,047
3
3.29
1.37
2.39
0.48
9.0
3.8
1.16
.275
2.96
67
81
9.11
83.5
19 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
3.18
254
104
84
.553
240
3.48
1,453
54
13
1
1732.1
1,604
670
774
135
631
12
6
50
7,271
76
7.55
3.28
2.30
0.70
20.0
8.7
1.29
.291
4.02
92
85
8.33
100.4
20 Andy McGaffigan
A. McGaffigan
3.20
331
34
30
.531
51
3.31
554
3
1
23
742.0
674
273
297
47
260
14
108
37
3,103
27
6.72
3.15
2.13
0.57
17.9
8.4
1.26
.281
3.60
91
87
8.18
41.6
21 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
3.21
298
128
103
.554
287
3.19
1,644
102
27
2
2144.2
1,876
760
869
133
838
16
5
54
8,957
81
6.90
3.52
1.96
0.56
18.4
9.4
1.27
.276
3.65
91
90
7.87
84
22 David Cone
D. Cone
3.21
101
39
17
.696
74
3.11
492
16
6
1
573.0
477
198
219
43
211
14
8
15
2,374
29
7.73
3.31
2.33
0.68
20.7
8.9
1.20
.269
3.44
89
89
7.49
23.6
23 Tom Gordon
T. Gordon
3.22
54
17
11
.607
18
3.78
171
1
1
1
178.2
138
75
76
11
93
1
16
4
744
12
8.61
4.68
1.84
0.55
23.0
12.5
1.29
.271
3.83
97
87
6.95
9.4
24 Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
3.22
200
25
16
.610
0
2.44
180
0
0
38
380.0
350
103
122
18
99
8
106
26
1,557
5
4.26
2.34
1.82
0.43
11.6
6.4
1.18
.265
2.89
60
81
8.29
33.1
25 Mike Scott
M. Scott
3.23
295
114
90
.559
276
3.42
1,324
41
20
3
1803.2
1,594
685
761
140
537
31
13
43
7,436
37
6.61
2.68
2.47
0.70
17.8
7.2
1.18
.269
3.80
98
93
7.95
53.3

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