best career fip by a pitcher since 1960, minimum 162 ip

Since 1960, Cade Smith has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 162 innings, with a FIP of 1.84.

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	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	Cade Smith C. Smith	1.84	223.0	219	20	7	.741	0	2.26	314	0	0	58	154	56	67	10	59	11	92	4	884	9	12.67	2.38	5.32	0.40	35.5	6.7	0.96	.294	2.70	56	45	6.22	55.9
2	Mason Miller M. Miller	2.07	230.0	191	8	9	.471	6	2.47	375	0	0	88	125	63	73	16	91	7	138	6	894	14	14.67	3.56	4.12	0.63	41.9	10.2	0.94	.269	2.86	60	50	4.89	53.3
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.28	1807.2	260	137	60	.695	237	2.36	1,910	122	37	6	1,304	474	542	136	512	14	14	36	7,216	57	9.51	2.55	3.73	0.68	26.5	7.1	1.00	.252	2.70	67	67	6.49	226.4
4	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.36	873.0	916	63	51	.553	0	2.48	1,402	0	0	402	510	241	268	57	431	34	607	7	3,554	90	14.45	4.44	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	57	5.26	171.1
5	Dellin Betances D. Betances	2.39	394.1	374	21	23	.477	1	2.53	633	0	0	36	240	111	124	26	183	28	86	5	1,613	28	14.45	4.18	3.46	0.59	39.2	11.3	1.07	.288	2.83	61	56	5.48	78.8
6	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	2.43	477.0	385	27	25	.519	0	2.98	645	0	0	89	332	158	169	27	238	12	204	25	1,979	36	12.17	4.49	2.71	0.51	32.6	12.0	1.19	.289	3.19	77	61	6.26	74.2
7	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	2.43	360.0	366	21	25	.457	1	1.88	349	0	0	182	267	75	111	15	70	9	297	10	1,417	19	8.73	1.75	4.99	0.38	24.6	4.9	0.94	.259	2.78	45	59	6.68	68.7
8	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.43	471.1	76	38	17	.691	76	2.58	589	0	0	0	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	64	6.82	73
9	Ken Giles K. Giles	2.45	355.1	362	14	18	.438	0	2.71	484	0	0	115	283	107	121	28	114	5	208	5	1,454	24	12.26	2.89	4.25	0.71	33.3	7.8	1.12	.310	3.06	66	58	7.17	68
10	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	2.46	313.2	307	20	31	.392	0	2.32	403	0	0	123	251	81	103	21	85	21	206	15	1,272	21	11.56	2.44	4.74	0.60	31.7	6.7	1.07	.310	2.96	56	60	7.20	58.4
11	Devin Williams D. Williams	2.52	338.1	352	34	18	.654	0	2.69	517	0	0	102	217	101	125	23	158	15	156	5	1,395	18	13.75	4.20	3.27	0.61	37.1	11.3	1.11	.284	3.33	65	59	5.77	64.5
12	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.56	240.2	45	21	8	.724	44	2.51	339	1	1	0	147	67	77	22	75	12	0	0	938	7	12.68	2.80	4.52	0.82	36.1	8.0	0.92	.255	2.88	60	62	5.50	42.7
13	Bryan Harvey B. Harvey	2.62	387.0	322	17	25	.405	0	2.49	448	0	0	177	278	107	122	30	144	2	278	19	1,582	25	10.42	3.35	3.11	0.70	28.3	9.1	1.09	.259	2.84	62	65	6.47	59.8
14	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	2.62	538.0	541	30	38	.441	0	3.03	867	0	0	260	382	181	194	57	193	43	409	11	2,201	34	14.50	3.23	4.49	0.95	39.4	8.8	1.07	.312	3.25	75	62	6.39	93.3
15	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	2.65	330.2	323	17	13	.567	0	2.61	402	0	0	89	254	96	109	22	101	16	175	7	1,348	13	10.94	2.75	3.98	0.60	29.8	7.5	1.07	.287	2.97	63	64	6.91	55.7
16	Félix Bautista F. Bautista	2.68	163.0	158	13	7	.650	0	2.15	251	0	0	67	88	39	45	15	73	3	105	1	642	10	13.86	4.03	3.44	0.83	39.1	11.4	0.99	.243	2.48	54	66	4.86	25.2
17	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.68	867.2	897	57	53	.518	0	2.69	1,322	0	0	441	532	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,502	74	13.71	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.7	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	65	66	5.52	132.4
18	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.71	972.1	984	58	46	.558	0	2.60	1,329	0	0	497	634	281	302	95	305	33	739	21	3,860	22	12.30	2.82	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	67	5.87	144.6
19	Tom Henke T. Henke	2.71	789.2	642	41	42	.494	0	2.67	861	0	0	311	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	64	66	6.92	123.5
20	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.72	495.0	87	31	24	.564	87	2.62	586	1	0	0	376	144	158	41	123	23	0	0	1,959	6	10.65	2.24	4.76	0.75	29.9	6.3	1.01	.282	2.87	61	66	6.84	78.1
21	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.72	903.0	853	47	40	.540	0	2.31	1,196	0	0	422	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	11.92	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	63	5.99	159
22	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.73	1230.2	638	81	72	.529	15	2.30	965	3	1	170	898	315	388	76	365	28	447	38	4,908	57	7.06	2.67	2.64	0.56	19.7	7.4	1.03	.237	2.84	65	76	6.57	117.4
23	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.74	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	2,052	4	2	0	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	67	6.94	256.5
24	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	2.74	364.0	373	12	25	.324	0	3.36	490	0	0	132	304	136	145	19	177	22	207	8	1,570	23	12.12	4.38	2.77	0.47	31.2	11.3	1.32	.331	3.59	85	70	7.52	48.2
25	Roberto Osuna R. Osuna	2.75	315.0	314	14	18	.438	0	2.74	348	0	0	155	230	96	101	28	55	13	247	6	1,227	17	9.94	1.57	6.33	0.80	28.4	4.5	0.90	.258	2.89	64	64	6.57	54.1

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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