best career fip by a pitcher with 2500+ ip since 1920

Since 1920, Clayton Kershaw has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 2500 innings, with a FIP of 2.85.

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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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.85	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	70	6.91	375.2
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.89	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	3,117	255	56	6	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	81	7.60	290.5
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	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	83	6.56	370.2
5	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	3.02	3432.0	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	2,486	167	49	6	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	88	8.09	162.2
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.03	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	85	7.47	286.1
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	3.04	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	88	8.09	154.8
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.06	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	3,534	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	85	8.31	312.9
9	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
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.14	5217.2	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	4,136	254	55	2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	86	8.06	271.5
11	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	3.17	2933.2	431	197	136	.592	345	3.22	2,027	216	29	12	2,774	1,050	1,224	131	817	74	47		12,220	36	6.22	2.51	2.48	0.40	16.6	6.7	1.22	.288	3.76	80	78	8.51	292.4
12	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
13	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
14	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.19	2993.0	488	207	150	.580	374	3.06	1,796	212	33	26	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	80	8.04	244.2
15	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
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.19	3638.1	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	2,832	195	41	10	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	87	8.33	188.5
17	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
18	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.22	3760.1	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	2,855	151	40	16	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	88	8.22	195.2
19	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
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.23	5282.1	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	3,574	178	58	5	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	90	7.99	181.2
21	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
22	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.25	3839.1	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	2,556	140	33	17	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	92	90	8.52	152.5
23	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
24	Whitey Ford W. Ford	3.26	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	438	2.75	1,956	156	45	11	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	88	7.85	156.9
25	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

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