which rookie pitcher leads the mlb in fip with at least 7 games started

Walter Johnson has the lowest fielding-independent pitching by a rookie with 7+ starts, with a FIP of 1.61 in 1907.

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NAMEFIPGSSEASONTMGWLW%ERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIP-H/9PRAA
1Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
1.61
12
1907
WSH WSH
14
5
9
.357
1.88
71
11
2
0
110.1
100
23
35
1
20
2
2
432
4
5.79
1.63
3.55
0.08
16.4
4.6
1.09
.293
2.85
76
70
8.16
8.4
2Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
1.68
31
1984
NYM NYM
31
17
9
.654
2.60
276
7
3
0
218.0
161
63
72
7
73
2
0
2
879
3
11.39
3.01
3.78
0.29
31.4
8.3
1.07
.296
2.97
74
48
6.65
44.6
3Heinie Berger
H. Berger
1.76
7
1907
CLE CLE
14
3
3
.500
2.99
50
5
1
0
87.1
74
29
35
0
20
1
7
340
7
5.15
2.06
2.50
0.00
14.7
5.9
1.08
.275
3.61
119
75
7.63
5.8
4Bert Dorr
B. Dorr
1.78
8
1882
STL
8
2
6
.250
2.59
34
8
0
0
66.0
53
19
39
0
1
0
259
1
4.64
0.14
34.00
0.00
13.1
0.4
0.82
5.32
95
62
7.23
8.2
5Fred Goldsmith
F. Goldsmith
1.80
7
1879
TRO
8
2
4
.333
1.57
31
7
0
0
63.0
61
11
38
0
1
1
258
3
4.43
0.14
31.00
0.00
12.0
0.4
0.98
5.43
64
73
8.71
4.5
6Babe Adams
B. Adams
1.82
12
1909
PIT PIT
25
12
3
.800
1.11
65
7
3
2
130.0
88
16
25
0
23
3
11
475
1
4.50
1.59
2.83
0.00
13.7
4.8
0.85
.229
1.73
43
69
6.09
11.7
7Spencer Strider
S. Strider
1.82
20
2022
ATL ATL
31
11
5
.688
2.67
202
0
0
0
131.2
86
39
42
7
45
3
3
1
528
6
13.81
3.08
4.49
0.48
38.3
8.5
0.99
.292
2.87
65
46
5.88
31.3
8Russ Ford
R. Ford
1.88
33
1910
NYH NYH
36
26
6
.813
1.65
209
29
8
1
299.2
194
55
69
4
70
8
3
1,112
5
6.28
2.10
2.99
0.12
18.8
6.3
0.88
.231
2.07
63
69
5.83
28.3
9Harry Krause
H. Krause
1.91
21
1909
PHA PHA
32
18
8
.692
1.39
139
16
7
0
213.0
151
33
49
2
49
13
8
801
2
5.87
2.07
2.84
0.08
17.4
6.1
0.94
.249
2.07
58
82
6.38
9.5
10Tommy Bond
T. Bond
1.96
45
1876
HAR
45
31
13
.705
1.68
88
45
6
0
408.0
355
76
164
2
13
0
1,623
8
1.94
0.29
6.77
0.04
5.4
0.8
0.90
3.62
69
81
7.83
27.5
11Cisco Carlos
C. Carlos
1.96
7
1967
CWS CWS
8
2
0
1.000
0.86
27
1
1
0
41.2
23
4
5
0
9
1
1
0
158
1
5.83
1.94
3.00
0.00
17.1
5.7
0.77
.190
1.08
28
60
4.97
6.1
12Lady Baldwin
L. Baldwin
1.99
20
1885
DET
21
11
9
.550
1.86
135
19
1
1
179.1
137
37
84
2
28
1
724
8
6.78
1.41
4.82
0.10
18.6
3.9
0.92
4.22
67
66
6.88
19.8
13Elmer Steele
E. Steele
1.99
13
1908
BOS BOS
16
5
7
.417
1.83
37
9
1
0
118.0
85
24
34
1
13
3
2
423
0
2.82
0.99
2.85
0.08
8.7
3.1
0.83
.228
2.59
75
87
6.48
4
14Toad Ramsey
T. Ramsey
2.05
9
1885
LOU
9
3
6
.333
1.94
83
9
0
0
79.0
44
17
38
1
28
1
0
322
11
9.46
3.19
2.96
0.11
25.8
8.7
0.91
.206
4.33
60
67
5.01
8.7
15Bob Moose
B. Moose
2.06
22
1968
PIT PIT
38
8
12
.400
2.74
126
3
3
3
170.2
136
52
61
5
41
3
7
7
685
3
6.64
2.16
3.07
0.26
18.4
6.0
1.04
.257
3.22
93
74
7.17
14
16Rick Reuschel
R. Reuschel
2.07
18
1972
CHC CHC
21
10
8
.556
2.93
87
5
4
0
129.0
127
42
46
3
29
2
1
6
527
1
6.07
2.02
3.00
0.21
16.5
5.5
1.21
.305
3.21
78
57
8.86
20.9
17Bill Burns
B. Burns
2.07
19
1908
WSH WSH
23
6
11
.353
1.70
55
11
2
0
164.0
135
31
58
3
18
4
1
612
1
3.02
0.99
3.06
0.16
9.0
2.9
0.93
.248
3.18
74
96
7.41
0.7
18Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
2.07
12
2010
WSH WSH
12
5
3
.625
2.91
92
0
0
0
68.0
56
22
25
5
17
0
0
0
274
2
12.18
2.25
5.41
0.66
33.6
6.2
1.07
.319
3.31
73
51
7.41
14.7
19Pat Jarvis
P. Jarvis
2.07
9
1966
ATL ATL
10
6
2
.750
2.31
41
3
1
0
62.1
46
16
16
1
12
1
0
2
238
0
5.92
1.73
3.42
0.14
17.2
5.0
0.93
.246
2.31
63
59
6.64
10
20Jim Devlin
J. Devlin
2.08
68
1876
LOU
68
30
35
.462
1.56
122
66
5
0
622.0
566
108
309
3
37
0
2,568
14
1.77
0.54
3.30
0.04
4.8
1.4
0.97
4.47
62
82
8.19
50.7
21Ray Fisher
R. Fisher
2.09
7
1910
NYH NYH
17
5
3
.625
2.92
42
3
0
1
92.1
95
30
41
0
18
3
8
368
3
4.09
1.75
2.33
0.00
11.4
4.9
1.22
.311
4.00
111
77
9.26
6.6
22Red Ames
R. Ames
2.10
13
1904
NYG NYG
16
4
6
.400
2.27
93
11
1
3
115.0
94
29
44
2
38
3
3
464
6
7.28
2.97
2.45
0.16
20.0
8.2
1.15
.280
3.44
83
75
7.36
9.2
23Jack Rowan
J. Rowan
2.10
7
1908
CIN CIN
8
3
3
.500
1.82
24
4
1
0
49.1
46
10
17
0
16
0
1
198
0
4.38
2.92
1.50
0.00
12.1
8.1
1.26
.291
3.10
76
83
8.39
2.5
24Bill McGunnigle
B. McGunnigle
2.11
13
1879
BUF
14
9
5
.643
2.63
62
13
2
0
120.0
113
35
66
0
16
1
496
2
4.65
1.20
3.88
0.00
12.5
3.2
1.08
4.95
103
83
8.48
6.5
25Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
2.11
15
1981
NYY NYY
15
8
4
.667
2.05
89
2
0
0
105.1
75
24
25
1
38
0
0
0
422
1
7.60
3.25
2.34
0.09
21.1
9.0
1.07
.252
2.14
58
58
6.41
18.2
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LAD LAD
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