which starter pitcher had the lowest fip with at least 2000 ip since 1970

Since 1970, Clayton Kershaw has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 2000 innings, with a FIP of 2.84.

	NAME	FIP	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.84	2781.1	440	216	94	.697	437	2.51	2,997	25	15	0	2,124	775	850	232	691	44	1	28	10,972	105	9.70	2.24	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	70	6.87	366.2
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.88	2047.2	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	2,528	16	3	12	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	69	7.33	296.8
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.91	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	68	7.07	454.6
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.96	5159.2	759	312	279	.528	744	3.18	5,483	217	61	2	3,765	1,825	2,085	305	2,664	153	8	70	21,624	268	9.56	4.65	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.266	3.64	89	82	6.57	371.5
5	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	3.05	2363.0	361	125	126	.498	318	3.18	1,516	97	30	3	2,276	835	970	161	638	26	23	69	9,789	68	5.77	2.43	2.38	0.61	15.5	6.5	1.23	.284	3.69	87	84	8.67	153.5
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.07	3980.2	549	254	173	.595	543	2.96	3,057	181	49	0	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	84	7.51	256.3
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.08	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	71	7.66	680.4
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.18	3664.1	488	219	181	.548	485	3.18	2,300	215	39	1	3,424	1,294	1,490	281	949	71	3	87	15,021	98	5.65	2.33	2.42	0.69	15.3	6.3	1.19	.275	3.66	85	85	8.41	220.1
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.18	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	73	7.28	554.3
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.18	2886.0	468	215	112	.657	459	3.17	3,412	12	5	0	2,355	1,015	1,088	337	759	112	2	20	11,662	79	10.64	2.37	4.50	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.39	76	77	7.34	308.3
11	Ron Reed R. Reed	3.18	2004.2	675	115	118	.494	170	3.48	1,193	42	6	103	1,930	776	884	146	521	36	297	108	8,339	59	5.36	2.34	2.29	0.66	14.3	6.2	1.22	.277	3.97	92	86	8.66	118.1
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.18	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	3,701	242	60	0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	82	8.39	368.6
13	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.19	2837.2	399	158	152	.510	393	3.17	1,621	129	37	2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	88	8.31	137.7
14	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.21	3548.1	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	2,015	102	26	5	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	85	9.10	225.7
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.22	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	3,116	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	76	8.27	373.6
16	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.23	4479.1	622	282	210	.573	606	3.30	3,550	219	45	1	4,017	1,641	1,877	373	1,591	43	6	137	18,632	157	7.13	3.20	2.23	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.77	88	87	8.07	225.9
17	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.23	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	3,084	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	78	7.97	356.6
18	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.23	2110.0	319	115	117	.496	277	3.43	1,496	133	20	1	2,048	803	897	202	581	32	15	40	8,765	71	6.38	2.48	2.57	0.86	17.1	6.6	1.25	.286	3.83	94	87	8.74	107.8
19	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.25	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	78	8.49	519.5
20	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.26	2392.0	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	1,778	95	26	4	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	82	8.27	192
21	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.26	2562.2	399	167	117	.588	371	3.34	1,715	76	16	1	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	1.65	3.64	0.77	16.5	4.5	1.14	.281	3.64	80	80	8.61	225.4
22	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.32	3312.1	536	186	186	.500	458	3.52	2,187	107	20	17	3,205	1,296	1,453	257	1,042	59	42	99	13,876	74	5.94	2.83	2.10	0.70	15.8	7.5	1.28	.285	3.95	95	90	8.71	135.3
23	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	3.32	2800.2	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	2,293	68	24	3	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	90	83	8.24	182.1
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.32	3256.1	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	2,397	72	17	0	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	78	8.51	344.2
25	Rudy May R. May	3.32	2317.2	462	138	134	.507	316	3.43	1,551	81	23	10	2,061	884	1,010	172	814	35	63	50	9,635	55	6.02	3.16	1.91	0.67	16.1	8.4	1.24	.267	3.92	98	92	8.00	70.6