fewest home runs allowed by starting pitcher in any season with at least 60 innings pitched

48 pitchers are tied for giving up the fewest home runs by a starting pitcher with 60.0+ innings pitched in a season, with 0 HR. The first three are Vern Ruhle in 1978, Tom Griffin in 1976 and Art Houtteman in 1947.

NAME HR IP SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA SO CG SHO SV H ER R BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Vern Ruhle
V. Ruhle
0
64.0
1978
HOU HOU
10
3
3
.500
10
2.25
24
2
2
0
55
16
17
20
1
0
1
264
1
3.38
2.81
1.20
0.00
9.1
7.6
1.17
.251
2.39
7.73
2 Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
0
72.0
1976
TOT
13
4
5
.444
13
4.25
36
2
0
0
65
34
38
45
2
0
2
323
6
4.50
5.63
0.80
0.00
11.1
13.9
1.53
.271
4.75
8.13
3 Art Houtteman
A. Houtteman
0
75.1
1947
DET DET
9
6
2
.750
9
2.51
36
7
2
0
60
21
21
21
1
0
303
0
4.30
2.51
1.71
0.00
11.9
6.9
1.08
.245
2.51
7.17
4 Joe Page
J. Page
0
65.0
1945
NYY NYY
9
5
3
.625
9
3.18
35
4
0
0
60
23
28
30
0
0
278
2
4.85
4.15
1.17
0.00
12.6
10.8
1.38
.282
3.88
8.31
5 Al Brazle
A. Brazle
0
79.0
1943
SLN SLN
9
7
2
.778
9
1.48
22
8
1
0
68
13
17
26
0
0
320
1
2.51
2.96
0.85
0.00
6.9
8.1
1.19
.250
1.94
7.75
6 Ed Hanyzewski
E. Hanyzewski
0
96.2
1943
CHC CHC
16
4
7
.364
16
2.79
40
3
0
0
91
30
43
33
1
0
411
3
3.72
3.07
1.21
0.00
9.7
8.0
1.28
.270
4.00
8.47
7 Ewald Pyle
E. Pyle
0
64.2
1943
WSH WSH
11
4
6
.400
11
2.92
22
2
1
0
58
21
26
36
1
0
287
2
3.06
5.01
0.61
0.00
7.7
12.5
1.45
.254
3.62
8.07
8 Larry French
L. French
0
98.0
1942
BKN BKN
14
8
3
.727
14
2.11
37
8
4
0
84
23
30
17
4
0
391
0
3.40
1.56
2.18
0.00
9.5
4.3
1.03
.252
2.76
7.71
9 Bill Beckmann
B. Beckmann
0
65.0
1940
PHA PHA
9
5
2
.714
9
3.46
22
6
2
0
64
25
30
13
1
0
266
0
3.05
1.80
1.69
0.00
8.3
4.9
1.18
.278
4.15
8.86
10 Joe Sullivan
J. Sullivan
0
77.0
1939
BSN BSN
11
4
5
.444
11
3.27
30
7
0
0
76
28
37
30
2
0
330
3
3.51
3.51
1.00
0.00
9.1
9.1
1.38
.284
4.32
8.88
11 Dick Errickson
D. Errickson
0
73.0
1938
BSN BSN
10
6
3
.667
10
2.71
27
6
1
0
70
22
26
24
1
0
311
1
3.33
2.96
1.13
0.00
8.7
7.7
1.29
.270
3.21
8.63
12 Johnny Vander Meer
J. Vander Meer
0
62.2
1937
CIN CIN
10
3
5
.375
10
3.88
38
4
0
0
44
27
31
54
1
0
282
1
5.46
7.76
0.70
0.00
13.5
19.1
1.56
.233
4.45
6.32
13 Fritz Ostermueller
F. Ostermueller
0
132.2
1935
BSA BSA
19
7
8
.467
19
3.80
39
10
0
0
127
56
62
73
3
0
589
5
2.65
4.95
0.53
0.00
6.6
12.4
1.51
.268
4.21
8.62
14 Ken Holloway
K. Holloway
0
74.0
1929
CLE CLE
11
5
5
.500
11
3.16
19
6
2
0
79
26
31
21
2
0
310
0
2.31
2.55
0.90
0.00
6.1
6.8
1.35
.295
3.77
9.61
15 Sarge Connally
S. Connally
0
61.2
1926
CWS CWS
8
5
1
.833
8
3.06
24
5
0
0
68
21
27
16
1
0
263
3
3.50
2.34
1.50
0.00
9.1
6.1
1.36
.306
3.94
9.92
16 Slim Harriss
S. Harriss
0
163.0
1926
TOT
28
8
15
.348
28
4.25
45
8
1
0
189
77
95
53
2
0
722
6
2.48
2.93
0.85
0.00
6.2
7.3
1.48
.304
5.25
10.44
17 Ted Blankenship
T. Blankenship
0
83.0
1924
CWS CWS
11
6
3
.667
11
4.01
20
7
0
0
99
37
41
19
0
0
361
0
2.17
2.06
1.05
0.00
5.5
5.3
1.42
.307
4.45
10.73
18 Eppa Rixey
E. Rixey
0
288.0
1921
CIN CIN
37
18
17
.514
37
2.81
72
21
2
0
313
90
124
62
5
0
1,206
5
2.25
1.94
1.16
0.00
6.0
5.1
1.30
.293
3.88
9.78
19 Allen Sothoron
A. Sothoron
0
144.2
1921
TOT
22
11
8
.579
22
4.29
56
11
2
0
167
69
79
62
7
0
648
4
3.48
3.86
0.90
0.00
8.6
9.6
1.58
.319
4.91
10.39
20 Mule Watson
M. Watson
0
70.1
1920
BSN BSN
10
5
3
.625
10
3.45
15
4
2
0
74
27
30
15
1
0
285
1
1.92
1.92
1.00
0.00
5.3
5.3
1.27
.291
3.84
9.47
21 Al Schacht
A. Schacht
0
66.0
1920
WSH WSH
11
6
2
.750
11
3.00
15
5
1
0
74
22
30
20
0
0
290
0
2.05
2.73
0.75
0.00
5.2
6.9
1.42
.290
4.09
10.09
22 Elmer Myers
E. Myers
0
99.1
1919
CLE CLE
15
6
7
.462
15
3.62
25
6
1
0
107
40
52
34
8
0
434
0
2.27
3.08
0.74
0.00
5.8
7.8
1.42
.292
4.71
9.69
23 Hal Carlson
H. Carlson
0
111.0
1919
PIT PIT
14
5
9
.357
14
2.43
39
7
1
0
98
30
35
33
1
0
444
0
3.16
2.68
1.18
0.00
8.8
7.4
1.18
.264
2.84
7.95
24 Jimmy Ring
J. Ring
0
157.2
1919
CIN CIN
18
9
8
.529
18
1.88
49
12
2
0
131
33
36
37
1
0
604
4
2.80
2.11
1.32
0.00
8.1
6.1
1.07
.253
2.05
7.48
25 Clarence Mitchell
C. Mitchell
0
88.0
1919
BKN BKN
11
6
5
.545
11
3.17
38
9
0
0
98
31
37
17
0
0
361
1
3.89
1.74
2.24
0.00
10.5
4.7
1.31
.320
3.78
10.02
StatMuse has game-level data for home runs allowed and innings pitched going back to the 1901 season.
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LAA LAA
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LAA LAA
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LAA LAA
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6/2
AZ AZ
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