which pitcher has the best fip minus in 1998

Kevin Brown had the lowest FIP- in 1998, with a FIP- of 53.

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Which pitcher has the best fip minus with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in 1998?

	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	Kevin Brown K. Brown	53	1998	SDP	36	18	7	.720	35	2.38	257	7	3	0	257.0	225	68	77	8	49	10	0	4	1,032	10	9.00	1.72	5.24	0.28	24.9	4.7	1.07	.306	2.70	60	2.22	7.88	57
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	59	1998	TOR	33	20	6	.769	33	2.65	271	5	3	0	234.2	169	69	78	11	88	7	0	0	961	6	10.39	3.38	3.08	0.42	28.2	9.2	1.10	.271	2.99	57	2.65	6.48	49.2
3	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	63	1998	ATL	26	17	3	.850	26	2.90	173	2	2	0	167.2	145	54	58	10	44	4	0	2	681	3	9.29	2.36	3.93	0.54	25.4	6.5	1.13	.300	3.11	69	2.70	7.78	29.2
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	65	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	300	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	7.91	45.1
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	65	1998	TOT	34	19	11	.633	34	3.28	329	10	6	0	244.1	203	89	102	23	86	14	0	1	1,014	7	12.12	3.17	3.83	0.85	32.4	8.5	1.18	.320	3.76	72	2.89	7.48	42.2
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	66	1998	ATL	34	18	9	.667	34	2.22	204	9	5	0	251.0	201	62	75	13	45	7	0	10	987	4	7.31	1.61	4.53	0.47	20.7	4.6	0.98	.262	2.69	53	2.80	7.21	41
7	Kerry Wood K. Wood	73	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	26	3.40	233	1	1	0	166.2	117	63	69	14	85	11	0	1	699	6	12.58	4.59	2.74	0.76	33.3	12.2	1.21	.289	3.73	80	3.16	6.32	21.9
8	Al Leiter A. Leiter	75	1998	NYM	28	17	6	.739	28	2.47	174	4	2	0	193.0	151	53	55	8	71	11	0	2	789	4	8.11	3.31	2.45	0.37	22.1	9.0	1.15	.272	2.56	61	3.14	7.04	22.5
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	76	1998	BOS	33	19	7	.731	33	2.89	251	3	2	0	233.2	188	75	82	26	67	8	0	3	951	9	9.67	2.58	3.75	1.00	26.4	7.0	1.09	.270	3.16	61	3.39	7.24	28.4
10	David Cone D. Cone	76	1998	NYY	31	20	7	.741	31	3.55	209	3	0	0	207.2	186	82	89	20	59	15	0	1	866	6	9.06	2.56	3.54	0.87	24.1	6.8	1.18	.295	3.86	78	3.44	8.06	25.1
11	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	76	1998	BAL	29	13	10	.565	29	3.49	175	4	2	0	206.1	189	80	85	22	41	4	0	3	835	10	7.63	1.79	4.27	0.96	21.0	4.9	1.11	.282	3.71	77	3.48	8.24	25
12	Darren Dreifort D. Dreifort	77	1998	LAD	32	8	12	.400	26	4.00	168	1	1	0	180.0	171	80	84	12	57	10	0	2	752	9	8.40	2.85	2.95	0.60	22.3	7.6	1.27	.315	4.20	102	3.25	8.55	19.6
13	Omar Daal O. Daal	80	1998	ARI	33	8	12	.400	23	2.88	132	3	1	0	162.2	146	52	60	12	51	3	4	3	664	0	7.30	2.82	2.59	0.66	19.9	7.7	1.21	.288	3.32	67	3.46	8.08	15.8
14	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	81	1998	SEA	34	15	9	.625	34	3.53	158	4	3	0	234.1	234	92	99	23	42	10	0	2	974	3	6.07	1.61	3.76	0.88	16.2	4.3	1.18	.285	3.80	76	3.72	8.99	23
15	Aaron Sele A. Sele	81	1998	TEX	33	19	11	.633	33	4.23	167	3	2	0	212.2	239	100	116	14	84	13	0	6	954	4	7.07	3.55	1.99	0.59	17.5	8.8	1.52	.333	4.91	88	3.79	10.11	20.4
16	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	82	1998	CLE	31	14	9	.609	31	3.71	158	6	2	0	204.0	205	84	91	15	79	3	0	5	883	4	6.97	3.49	2.00	0.66	17.9	8.9	1.39	.303	4.01	78	3.74	9.04	18.6
17	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	82	1998	ATL	33	20	6	.769	33	2.47	157	4	3	0	229.1	202	63	67	13	74	2	0	2	934	3	6.16	2.90	2.12	0.51	16.8	7.9	1.20	.275	2.63	59	3.49	7.93	19.6
18	John Burkett J. Burkett	83	1998	TEX	32	9	13	.409	32	5.68	131	0	0	0	195.0	230	123	131	19	46	8	0	1	854	3	6.05	2.12	2.85	0.88	15.3	5.4	1.42	.325	6.05	117	3.89	10.62	16.6
19	Scott Erickson S. Erickson	84	1998	BAL	36	16	13	.552	36	4.01	186	11	2	0	251.1	284	112	125	23	69	13	0	4	1,102	4	6.66	2.47	2.70	0.82	16.9	6.3	1.40	.322	4.48	89	3.82	10.17	20.8
20	David Wells D. Wells	84	1998	NYY	30	18	4	.818	30	3.49	163	8	5	0	214.1	195	83	86	29	29	1	0	0	851	2	6.84	1.22	5.62	1.22	19.2	3.4	1.05	.264	3.61	77	3.79	8.19	17.5
21	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	85	1998	ATL	31	17	8	.680	29	4.08	163	3	1	0	174.1	175	79	86	18	56	3	1	3	748	6	8.41	2.89	2.91	0.93	21.8	7.5	1.33	.309	4.44	97	3.62	9.03	12.4
22	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	85	1998	HOU	35	19	8	.704	35	3.51	209	3	1	0	233.1	257	91	99	25	53	2	0	2	986	5	8.06	2.04	3.94	0.96	21.2	5.4	1.33	.333	3.82	88	3.44	9.91	16
23	Chuck Finley C. Finley	85	1998	ANA	34	11	9	.550	34	3.39	212	1	1	0	223.1	210	84	97	20	109	6	0	1	976	8	8.54	4.39	1.94	0.81	21.7	11.2	1.43	.302	3.91	73	3.94	8.46	16.5
24	Brad Radke B. Radke	86	1998	MIN	32	12	14	.462	32	4.30	146	5	1	0	213.2	238	102	109	23	43	9	0	1	904	3	6.15	1.81	3.40	0.97	16.2	4.8	1.32	.315	4.59	90	3.89	10.02	14.9
25	Justin Thompson J. Thompson	86	1998	DET	34	11	15	.423	34	4.05	149	5	0	0	222.0	227	100	114	20	79	2	0	4	946	4	6.04	3.20	1.89	0.81	15.8	8.4	1.38	.297	4.62	86	4.06	9.20	15.8

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