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Fielding Independent Pitching 2018

Estimates pitching performance from home runs, walks, hit batters and strikeouts on an ERA-like scale. Uses the matching season's constant, includes intentional walks and can be negative in a small sample.

Season

Minimum workload: one inning pitched per game. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. This is a general pitching minimum, not a relief-pitcher qualification rule. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Fielding Independent Pitching / 2018

Jacob deGrom

NYM

1.98

Season leader, lower is better

Fielding Independent Pitching2018 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	FIP
1	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	217.0	835	1.98
2	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CLE	175.1	717	2.44
3	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	200.0	800	2.47
4	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	220.2	866	2.65
5	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	200.1	799	2.70
6	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	214.0	833	2.78
7	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	192.0	784	2.94
8	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	180.2	700	2.94
9	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	191.1	780	2.95
10	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	212.1	831	3.01
11	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	215.0	842	3.12
12	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	182.1	744	3.25
13	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	200.2	808	3.28
14	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	183.0	744	3.37
15	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	196.0	817	3.40
16	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	166.2	686	3.43
17	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	191.0	785	3.46
18	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	200.0	810	3.52
19	C. MortonCharlie Morton	HOU	167.0	695	3.59
20	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	202.1	844	3.67
21	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	204.2	874	3.69
22	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	207.2	839	3.70
23	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	199.0	812	3.78
24	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	164.0	694	3.79
25	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	178.1	791	3.82
26	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	170.2	701	3.86
27	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	171.1	727	3.87
28	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	192.1	797	3.90
29	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	177.2	733	3.98
30	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	180.0	749	3.99
31	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	191.1	808	4.01
32	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	176.0	722	4.02
33	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	192.2	796	4.03
34	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	172.1	743	4.08
35	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	196.2	826	4.13
36	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	185.2	784	4.13
37	S. NewcombSean Newcomb	ATL	164.0	696	4.14
38	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	171.0	746	4.16
39	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	174.0	712	4.17
40	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	164.1	711	4.19
41	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	172.2	724	4.25
42	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	180.1	760	4.27
43	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	162.0	662	4.28
44	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	169.2	708	4.32
45	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	183.2	776	4.32
46	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	181.2	761	4.39
47	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	174.1	739	4.43
48	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	170.1	709	4.45
49	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	190.2	806	4.49
50	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	176.0	737	4.57

FIP: Estimates pitching performance from home runs, walks, hit batters and strikeouts on an ERA-like scale. Uses the matching season's constant, includes intentional walks and can be negative in a small sample.

Understanding Fielding Independent Pitching

Formula: [13 × HR + 3 × (BB + HBP) − 2 × SO] ÷ IP + season FIP constant

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.