Christy Mathewson has the lowest fielding-independent pitching with 150.0+ innings pitched in a season, with a FIP of 1.29 in 1908.

lowest fip by a pitcher in a season with 150+ ip
1908 Mathewson 1999 Martinez 1910 Johnson 1908 Walsh 1908 Waddell 1908 Young 1907 Waddell 1909 Bender 1904 Waddell 1908 Johnson 1909 Mathewson 2021 Burnes 1910 Walsh 1908 Joss 1984 Gooden 1905 Young 1907 Bender 1908 Plank 1909 Overall 1968 Gibson 1908 Donovan 1909 Brown 1907 Mathewson 1907 White 2014 Kershaw 1909 Walsh 1910 Bender 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.29 1.38 1.39 1.42 1.51 1.52 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.62 1.62 1.63 1.68 1.68 1.69 1.72 1.73 1.75 1.77 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.80 1.81 1.82 1.82
NAME SEASON TM G FIP IP W L W% GS CG GF SHO SV H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP SO WP ERA WHIP K/9 H/9 BB/9 K/BB ERA- FIP- PRAA
Christy Mathewson illustration Christy Mathewson
1908
NYG logo NYG
56 1.29 390.2 37 11 .771 44 34 9 11 5 281 1,469 85 62 5 42 3 259 2 1.43 0.83 5.97 6.47 0.97 6.17 61 52 52.4
Pedro Martinez illustration Pedro Martinez
1999
BOS logo BOS
31 1.38 213.1 23 4 .852 29 5 1 1 0 160 835 56 49 9 37 1 9 313 6 2.07 0.92 13.20 6.75 1.56 8.46 42 30 79.4
Walter Johnson illustration Walter Johnson
1910
WSH logo WSH
45 1.39 370.0 25 17 .595 42 38 3 8 1 262 1,367 92 56 1 76 13 313 21 1.36 0.91 7.61 6.37 1.85 4.12 56 56 45.2
Ed Walsh illustration Ed Walsh
1908
CWS logo CWS
66 1.42 464.0 40 15 .727 49 42 16 11 6 343 1,755 111 73 2 56 9 269 10 1.42 0.86 5.22 6.65 1.09 4.80 63 67 34.2
Rube Waddell illustration Rube Waddell
1908
SLA logo SLA
43 1.51 285.2 19 14 .576 36 25 6 5 3 223 1,143 93 60 0 90 8 232 7 1.89 1.10 7.31 7.03 2.84 2.58 82 69 20.7
Cy Young illustration Cy Young
1908
BOS logo BOS
36 1.52 299.0 21 11 .656 33 30 3 3 2 230 1,116 68 42 1 37 1 150 4 1.26 0.89 4.52 6.92 1.11 4.05 52 67 25.4
Rube Waddell illustration Rube Waddell
1907
PHA logo PHA
44 1.57 284.2 19 13 .594 33 20 5 7 0 234 1,121 115 68 2 73 15 232 4 2.15 1.08 7.33 7.40 2.31 3.18 83 65 27.3
Chief Bender illustration Chief Bender
1909
PHA logo PHA
34 1.58 250.0 18 8 .692 29 24 5 5 1 196 968 68 46 1 45 5 161 5 1.66 0.96 5.80 7.06 1.62 3.58 69 68 20.5
Rube Waddell illustration Rube Waddell
1904
PHA logo PHA
46 1.59 383.0 25 19 .568 46 39 0 8 0 307 1,496 109 69 5 91 14 349 8 1.62 1.04 8.20 7.21 2.14 3.84 61 62 41.5
Walter Johnson illustration Walter Johnson
1908
WSH logo WSH
36 1.60 256.1 14 14 .500 30 23 6 6 1 194 985 75 47 0 53 11 160 13 1.65 0.96 5.62 6.81 1.86 3.02 72 75 15
Christy Mathewson illustration Christy Mathewson
1909
NYG logo NYG
37 1.62 275.1 25 6 .806 33 26 4 8 2 192 998 57 35 2 36 0 149 4 1.14 0.83 4.87 6.28 1.18 4.14 44 61 31.7
Corbin Burnes illustration Corbin Burnes
2021
MIL logo MIL
28 1.62 167.0 11 5 .688 28 0 0 0 0 123 657 47 45 7 34 0 6 234 5 2.43 0.94 12.61 6.63 1.83 6.88 58 38 48.6
Ed Walsh illustration Ed Walsh
1910
CWS logo CWS
45 1.63 369.2 18 20 .474 36 33 7 7 5 242 1,359 87 52 5 61 4 258 6 1.27 0.82 6.28 5.89 1.49 4.23 52 66 34.8
Addie Joss illustration Addie Joss
1908
CLE logo CLE
42 1.68 325.0 24 11 .686 35 29 6 9 2 232 1,209 77 42 2 30 2 130 6 1.16 0.81 3.60 6.42 0.83 4.33 49 76 19.3
Dwight Gooden illustration Dwight Gooden
1984
NYM logo NYM
31 1.68 218.0 17 9 .654 31 7 0 3 0 161 879 72 63 7 73 2 2 276 3 2.60 1.07 11.39 6.65 3.01 3.78 74 48 44.6
Cy Young illustration Cy Young
1905
BSA logo BSA
38 1.69 320.2 18 19 .486 33 31 5 4 0 248 1,189 99 65 3 30 8 210 6 1.82 0.87 5.89 6.96 0.84 7.00 68 61 38.4
Chief Bender illustration Chief Bender
1907
PHA logo PHA
33 1.72 219.1 16 8 .667 24 20 8 4 3 185 838 67 50 1 34 3 112 5 2.05 1.00 4.60 7.59 1.40 3.29 79 71 17.3
Eddie Plank illustration Eddie Plank
1908
PHA logo PHA
34 1.73 244.2 14 16 .467 28 21 5 4 1 202 956 71 59 1 46 9 135 7 2.17 1.01 4.97 7.43 1.69 2.93 89 76 15.4
Orval Overall illustration Orval Overall
1909
CHC logo CHC
38 1.75 285.0 20 11 .645 32 23 6 9 3 204 1,116 66 45 1 80 8 205 11 1.42 1.00 6.47 6.44 2.53 2.56 55 67 27.8
Bob Gibson illustration Bob Gibson
1968
STL logo STL
34 1.77 304.2 22 9 .710 34 28 0 13 0 198 1,161 49 38 11 62 6 7 268 4 1.12 0.85 7.92 5.85 1.83 4.32 38 63 34.8
Bill Donovan illustration Bill Donovan
1908
DET logo DET
29 1.78 242.2 18 7 .720 28 25 1 6 0 210 967 78 56 2 53 6 141 3 2.08 1.08 5.23 7.79 1.97 2.66 84 76 15.4
Mordecai Brown illustration Mordecai Brown
1909
CHC logo CHC
50 1.78 342.2 27 9 .750 34 32 15 8 7 246 1,280 78 50 1 53 7 172 9 1.31 0.87 4.52 6.46 1.39 3.25 51 68 32.4
Christy Mathewson illustration Christy Mathewson
1907
NYG logo NYG
41 1.78 315.0 24 12 .667 36 31 4 8 2 250 1,235 88 70 5 53 2 178 5 2.00 0.96 5.09 7.14 1.51 3.36 80 67 30.7
Doc White illustration Doc White
1907
CWS logo CWS
46 1.80 291.0 27 13 .675 35 24 9 6 1 270 1,131 93 73 3 38 6 141 0 2.26 1.06 4.36 8.35 1.18 3.71 95 80 12.8
Clayton Kershaw illustration Clayton Kershaw
2014
LAD logo LAD
27 1.81 198.1 21 3 .875 27 6 0 2 0 139 749 42 39 9 31 0 2 239 7 1.77 0.86 10.85 6.31 1.41 7.71 51 50 40.5

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