mlb record most games started without ever allowing more than 5 runs

Red Ruffing was 12-90 when allowing >5 runs in his career.

Interpreted as:
MLB record most games started by a player without ever allowing more than 5 runs
NAME REC GS R W% G W L ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Red Ruffing
R. Ruffing
12-90
126
898
.118
127
12
90
8.68
351
33
0
0
788.2
1,221
761
103
368
11
0
3,924
17
4.01
4.20
0.95
1.18
8.9
9.4
2.01
.362
10.25
13.93
2 Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
16-101
125
940
.137
130
16
101
7.74
250
59
0
0
890.1
1,382
766
93
332
14
1
4,371
22
2.53
3.36
0.75
0.94
5.7
7.6
1.93
.350
9.50
13.97
3 Earl Whitehill
E. Whitehill
22-83
124
867
.210
124
22
83
8.39
291
32
0
0
790.2
1,230
737
76
400
24
0
3,977
17
3.31
4.55
0.73
0.87
7.3
10.1
2.06
.362
9.87
14.00
4 Burleigh Grimes
B. Grimes
23-86
120
895
.211
125
23
86
7.59
260
44
0
0
832.0
1,305
702
53
363
31
4
4,150
27
2.81
3.93
0.72
0.57
6.3
8.7
2.00
.364
9.68
14.12
5 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
5-81
99
655
.058
99
5
81
9.76
544
12
0
0
528.1
700
573
96
378
28
0
18
2,669
47
9.27
6.44
1.44
1.64
20.4
14.2
2.04
.372
11.16
11.92
6 George Uhle
G. Uhle
10-71
99
695
.123
102
10
71
7.82
211
33
0
0
655.2
1,033
570
37
246
36
0
3,263
16
2.90
3.38
0.86
0.51
6.5
7.5
1.95
.364
9.54
14.18
7 Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
13-73
98
716
.151
99
13
73
8.70
366
31
0
0
638.1
930
617
69
380
10
0
3,224
14
5.16
5.36
0.96
0.97
11.4
11.8
2.05
.359
10.10
13.11
8 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
6-74
96
632
.075
96
6
74
9.14
342
10
0
0
529.2
800
538
116
240
21
0
14
2,637
21
5.81
4.08
1.43
1.97
13.0
9.1
1.96
.357
10.74
13.59
9 Early Wynn
E. Wynn
8-71
95
648
.101
96
8
71
8.89
274
18
0
0
571.0
876
564
98
301
12
0
6
2,864
13
4.32
4.74
0.91
1.54
9.6
10.5
2.06
.357
10.21
13.81
10 George Mullin
G. Mullin
12-77
94
709
.135
97
12
77
2.49
261
68
0
0
742.0
1,039
22
299
28
2
24
3.17
3.63
0.87
0.27
9.5
1.80
.402
8.60
12.60
11 Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
4-74
93
641
.051
94
4
74
10.76
296
2
0
0
464.1
746
555
122
245
35
1
14
2,408
30
5.74
4.75
1.21
2.36
12.3
10.2
2.13
.365
12.42
14.46
12 Sad Sam Jones
S. Sam Jones
13-68
93
680
.160
97
13
68
8.23
186
28
0
0
613.2
956
561
44
266
13
1
3,007
12
2.73
3.90
0.70
0.65
6.2
8.8
1.99
.365
9.97
14.02
13 Jack Morris
J. Morris
14-62
89
601
.184
89
14
62
10.23
288
2
0
0
475.0
743
540
114
250
17
0
25
2,412
40
5.46
4.74
1.15
2.16
11.9
10.4
2.09
.361
11.39
14.08
14 Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
4-71
88
580
.053
88
4
71
9.44
308
10
0
0
485.1
776
509
97
193
13
0
27
2,394
27
5.71
3.58
1.60
1.80
12.9
8.1
2.00
.381
10.76
14.39
15 Livan Hernandez
L. Hernandez
4-70
87
602
.054
88
4
70
11.82
268
0
0
0
426.1
762
560
112
197
14
0
15
2,216
13
5.66
4.16
1.36
2.36
12.1
8.9
2.25
.400
12.71
16.09
16 Wes Ferrell
W. Ferrell
15-59
86
632
.203
88
15
59
8.87
188
31
0
0
552.0
901
544
71
278
7
2
2,804
10
3.07
4.53
0.68
1.16
6.7
9.9
2.14
.367
10.30
14.69
17 Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
11-60
85
595
.155
87
11
60
6.38
225
34
0
0
620.2
927
48
177
13
1
2,915
8
3.26
2.57
1.27
0.70
7.7
6.1
1.78
.358
8.63
13.44
18 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
13-66
85
595
.165
88
13
66
4.74
335
52
0
0
634.1
876
29
225
33
2
3,011
25
4.75
3.19
1.49
0.41
11.1
7.5
1.74
.355
8.44
12.43
19 Mel Harder
M. Harder
17-58
84
564
.227
85
17
58
8.23
171
12
0
0
517.1
821
473
53
208
11
1
2,562
11
2.97
3.62
0.82
0.92
6.7
8.1
1.99
.362
9.81
14.28
20 Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
1-71
83
566
.014
83
1
71
12.50
259
0
0
0
369.1
699
513
132
151
13
0
12
1,961
4
6.31
3.68
1.72
3.22
13.2
7.7
2.30
.403
13.79
17.03
21 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
12-62
81
613
.162
84
12
62
8.20
212
32
0
0
561.2
861
512
37
295
43
3
9
3.40
4.73
0.72
0.59
10.6
2.06
.377
9.82
13.80
22 Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
4-55
80
556
.068
81
4
55
11.57
223
3
0
0
394.1
666
507
102
191
25
0
8
2,048
15
5.09
4.36
1.17
2.33
10.9
9.3
2.17
.374
12.69
15.20
23 Robin Roberts
R. Roberts
14-59
80
530
.192
80
14
59
8.38
222
20
0
0
500.2
739
466
118
142
6
0
15
2,387
4
3.99
2.55
1.56
2.12
9.3
5.9
1.76
.327
9.53
13.28
24 Eppa Rixey
E. Rixey
11-64
80
564
.147
82
11
64
8.06
140
17
0
0
493.2
807
442
32
169
7
1
2,428
14
2.55
3.08
0.83
0.58
5.8
7.0
1.98
.373
10.28
14.71
25 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
2-60
79
549
.032
79
2
60
12.06
224
0
0
0
369.1
669
495
129
156
23
0
13
1,936
11
5.46
3.80
1.44
3.14
11.6
8.1
2.23
.385
13.38
16.30
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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
39
24
.619
Blue Jays Blue Jays
35
29
.547
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Rays Rays
34
30
.531
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Red Sox Red Sox
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35
.470
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26
37
.413
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/8
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
7:10 PM
Tue
6/10
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Wed
6/11
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Thu
6/12
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Fri
6/13
NYY NYY
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
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NYY Yankees

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7

Final

10

BOS Red Sox

31 - 35

Sat 7 Jun 2025

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AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
39
24
.619
Blue Jays Blue Jays
35
29
.547
4.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
42
24
.636
Twins Twins
34
30
.531
7.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
36
28
.563
Mariners Mariners
32
31
.508
3.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
41
24
.631
Phillies Phillies
37
27
.578
3.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
40
24
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
36
28
.563
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
38
27
.585
Padres Padres
36
27
.571
1.0

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/23
BAL BAL
@
BOS BOS
5-6
Fri
5/23
KCR KCR
@
MIN MIN
4-5
Fri
5/23
AZ AZ
@
STL STL
5-6
Fri
5/23
SFG SFG
@
WSH WSH
0-3
Fri
5/23
MIL MIL
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PIT PIT
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/8
MIA MIA
@
TBR TBR
12:10 PM
Sun
6/8
SDP SDP
@
MIL MIL
1:05 PM
Sun
6/8
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@
WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Sun
6/8
PHI PHI
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PIT PIT
1:35 PM
Sun
6/8
AZ AZ
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CIN CIN
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