which pitcher has the best fip minus in 1997

Roger Clemens had the lowest FIP- in 1997, with a FIP- of 50.

Interpreted as:

Which pitcher has the best fip minus with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in 1997?

	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	50	1997	TOR	34	21	7	.750	34	2.05	292	9	3	0	264.0	204	60	65	9	68	12	0	1	1,044	4	9.95	2.32	4.29	0.31	28.0	6.5	1.03	.294	2.22	45	2.24	6.95	66.3
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	57	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	305	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	5.89	49
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	58	1997	ATL	33	19	4	.826	33	2.20	177	5	2	0	232.2	200	57	58	9	20	6	0	6	893	0	6.85	0.77	8.85	0.35	19.8	2.2	0.95	.280	2.24	53	2.42	7.74	46.2
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	62	1997	SEA	30	20	4	.833	29	2.28	291	5	2	0	213.0	147	54	60	20	77	10	0	2	850	4	12.30	3.25	3.78	0.85	34.2	9.1	1.05	.281	2.54	50	2.82	6.21	41.3
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	62	1997	PHI	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	319	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	69	2.61	7.36	45.8
6	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	66	1997	NYY	35	18	7	.720	35	2.88	166	4	1	0	240.1	233	77	86	7	65	3	0	0	986	7	6.22	2.43	2.55	0.26	16.8	6.6	1.24	.303	3.22	65	2.95	8.73	41.3
7	Andy Benes A. Benes	68	1997	STL	26	10	7	.588	26	3.10	175	0	0	0	177.0	149	61	64	9	61	5	0	4	727	7	8.90	3.10	2.87	0.46	24.1	8.4	1.19	.294	3.25	75	2.90	7.58	26.8
8	Kevin Brown K. Brown	71	1997	FLA	33	16	8	.667	33	2.69	205	6	2	0	237.1	214	71	77	10	66	14	0	7	976	7	7.77	2.50	3.11	0.38	21.0	6.8	1.18	.300	2.92	67	2.93	8.12	32.5
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	72	1997	ATL	35	15	12	.556	35	3.02	241	7	2	0	256.0	234	86	97	21	63	1	0	9	1,043	10	8.47	2.21	3.83	0.74	23.1	6.0	1.16	.297	3.41	73	3.03	8.23	33.2
10	David Cone D. Cone	75	1997	NYY	29	12	6	.667	29	2.82	222	1	0	0	195.0	155	61	67	17	86	4	0	2	805	14	10.25	3.97	2.58	0.78	27.6	10.7	1.24	.290	3.09	64	3.34	7.15	24.9
11	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	77	1997	BOS	42	6	10	.375	25	3.74	159	2	1	11	182.2	155	76	85	10	78	3	16	1	774	5	7.83	3.84	2.04	0.49	20.5	10.1	1.28	.277	4.19	80	3.40	7.64	21.3
12	John Burkett J. Burkett	77	1997	TEX	30	9	12	.429	30	4.56	139	2	0	0	189.1	240	96	106	20	30	4	0	1	828	1	6.61	1.43	4.63	0.95	16.8	3.6	1.43	.346	5.04	96	3.55	11.41	22.3
13	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	77	1997	BAL	33	15	8	.652	33	3.20	218	4	1	0	224.2	197	80	87	27	54	3	0	3	905	5	8.73	2.16	4.04	1.08	24.1	6.0	1.12	.282	3.49	72	3.48	7.89	26.1
14	Bob Tewksbury B. Tewksbury	77	1997	MIN	26	8	13	.381	26	4.22	92	5	2	0	168.2	200	79	83	12	31	1	0	1	721	2	4.91	1.65	2.97	0.64	12.8	4.3	1.37	.321	4.43	91	3.50	10.67	19.2
15	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	80	1997	ATL	34	20	5	.800	34	2.97	172	4	4	0	233.1	204	77	87	18	49	6	0	5	947	3	6.63	1.89	3.51	0.69	18.2	5.2	1.08	.265	3.36	71	3.34	7.87	22.3
16	Kevin Appier K. Appier	81	1997	KCR	34	9	13	.409	34	3.40	196	4	1	0	235.2	215	89	96	24	74	4	0	2	972	14	7.49	2.83	2.65	0.92	20.2	7.6	1.23	.283	3.67	74	3.75	8.21	22.4
17	Matt Morris M. Morris	82	1997	STL	33	12	9	.571	33	3.19	149	3	0	0	217.0	208	77	88	12	69	7	0	2	900	5	6.18	2.86	2.16	0.50	16.6	7.7	1.28	.296	3.65	77	3.50	8.63	18.7
18	Justin Thompson J. Thompson	82	1997	DET	32	15	11	.577	32	3.02	151	4	0	0	223.1	188	75	82	20	66	2	0	1	891	4	6.09	2.66	2.29	0.81	16.9	7.4	1.14	.258	3.30	66	3.83	7.58	20.5
19	Jeff Fassero J. Fassero	82	1997	SEA	35	16	9	.640	35	3.61	189	2	1	0	234.1	226	94	108	21	84	3	0	6	1,010	13	7.26	3.23	2.25	0.81	18.7	8.3	1.32	.288	4.15	79	3.77	8.68	20.9
20	Scott Erickson S. Erickson	83	1997	BAL	34	16	7	.696	33	3.69	131	3	2	0	221.2	218	91	100	16	61	5	0	5	922	11	5.32	2.48	2.15	0.65	14.2	6.6	1.26	.285	4.06	83	3.75	8.85	19.1
21	Brad Radke B. Radke	84	1997	MIN	35	20	10	.667	35	3.87	174	4	1	0	239.2	238	103	114	28	48	3	0	1	989	1	6.53	1.80	3.63	1.05	17.6	4.9	1.19	.285	4.28	83	3.81	8.94	19.2
22	Ismael Valdez I. Valdez	84	1997	LAD	30	10	11	.476	30	2.65	140	0	0	0	196.2	171	58	68	16	47	3	0	1	795	3	6.41	2.15	2.98	0.73	17.6	5.9	1.11	.263	3.11	68	3.50	7.83	14.4
23	David Wells D. Wells	85	1997	NYY	32	16	10	.615	32	4.21	156	5	2	0	218.0	239	102	109	24	45	6	0	0	922	8	6.44	1.86	3.47	0.99	16.9	4.9	1.30	.311	4.50	95	3.80	9.87	16.5
24	John Thomson J. Thomson	85	1997	COL	27	7	9	.438	27	4.71	106	2	1	0	166.1	193	87	94	15	51	5	0	0	721	2	5.74	2.76	2.08	0.81	14.7	7.1	1.47	.327	5.09	91	4.01	10.44	12.3
25	Andy Ashby A. Ashby	86	1997	SDP	30	9	11	.450	30	4.13	144	2	0	0	200.2	207	92	108	17	49	5	0	2	851	3	6.46	2.20	2.94	0.76	16.9	5.8	1.28	.299	4.84	105	3.57	9.28	12.9

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