most complete games thrown while allowing exactly 2 hits in a single game mlb pitcher

Nolan Ryan and Walter Johnson are tied for the most career complete games when allowing exactly 2 hits, with 18 complete games.

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most regular-season complete games by a player thrown while allowing exactly 2 hits in a single game MLB pitcher

	NAME	CG	H	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	SHO	SV	IP	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	18	136	68	41	12	.774	65	1.50	466	11	1	432.2	72	84	17	240	10	2	0	1,646	16	9.69	4.99	1.94	0.35	28.3	14.6	0.87	.130	1.75	2.83
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	18	94	47	24	11	.686	25	0.55	160	12	7	246.0		38	1	46	5	21		891	5	5.85	1.68	3.48	0.04	18.0	5.2	0.57	.137	1.39	3.44
3	Early Wynn E. Wynn	14	70	35	17	2	.895	16	0.74	94	8	4	170.2	14	24	3	62	2	16	0	632	2	4.96	3.27	1.52	0.16	14.9	9.8	0.77	.142	1.27	3.69
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	13	82	41	29	0	1.000	40	0.56	272	9	0	291.1	18	21	4	77	7	0	0	1,029	5	8.40	2.38	3.53	0.12	26.4	7.5	0.55	.117	0.65	2.53
5	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	13	104	52	18	6	.750	19	1.40	141	8	5	225.2	35	45	11	69	5	20	6	852	5	5.62	2.75	2.04	0.44	16.5	8.1	0.77	.149	1.79	4.15
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	13	60	30	14	4	.778	16	1.62	119	5	1	150.1	27	32	3	42	6	4	3	553	4	7.12	2.51	2.83	0.18	21.5	7.6	0.68	.149	1.92	3.59
7	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	13	44	22	15	2	.882	14	0.13	87	7	1	140.1		14	0	41	3	8			2	5.58	2.63	2.12	0.00		9.5	0.61	.146	0.90	2.82
8	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	11	54	27	15	5	.750	22	1.44	97	9	0	156.1	25	28	3	62	2	1	1	568	2	5.58	3.57	1.56	0.17	17.1	10.9	0.74	.126	1.61	3.11
9	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	11	58	29	15	2	.882	15	0.36	62	7	2	148.1		27	2	66	7	9			0	3.76	4.00	0.94	0.12		11.9	0.84	.134	1.64	3.52
10	Addie Joss A. Joss	11	34	17	12	1	.923	11	0.08	48	6	0	119.2		11	0	23	2	6			1	3.61	1.73	2.09	0.00		5.7	0.48	.103	0.83	2.56
11	Jack Powell J. Powell	11	44	22	9	5	.643	14	0.37	46	6	2	122.2		25	1	29	4	8			0	3.38	2.13	1.59	0.07		7.5	0.60	.140	1.83	3.23
12	Eddie Plank E. Plank	11	66	33	14	5	.737	15	0.37	83	6	5	145.1		25	2	36	6	14			3	5.14	2.23	2.31	0.12		7.8	0.70	.190	1.55	4.09
13	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	11	48	24	19	1	.950	15	0.07	79	7	1	134.1		13	1	22	1	8		481	0	5.29	1.47	3.59	0.07	16.4	4.6	0.52	.124	0.87	3.22
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	10	44	22	15	3	.833	21	0.80	119	6	0	146.2	13	16	5	42	1	0	1	519	3	7.30	2.58	2.83	0.31	22.9	8.1	0.59	.111	0.98	2.70
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	10	54	27	17	5	.773	23	0.79	124	7	0	182.0	16	19	7	34	2	2	3	632	0	6.13	1.68	3.65	0.35	19.6	5.4	0.48	.101	0.94	2.67
16	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	10	56	28	14	4	.778	15	1.37	106	5	0	144.2	22	28	6	32	3	7	4	520	4	6.59	1.99	3.31	0.37	20.4	6.2	0.61	.134	1.74	3.48
17	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	10	92	46	10	9	.526	21	1.86	132	7	5	174.1	36	37	12	69	2	13	1	671	1	6.81	3.56	1.91	0.62	19.7	10.3	0.92	.175	1.91	4.75
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	10	86	43	15	6	.714	26	1.94	202	7	1	200.0	43	46	8	123	3	6	6	801	9	9.09	5.53	1.64	0.36	25.2	15.4	1.05	.168	2.07	3.87
19	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	10	42	21	10	4	.714	14	0.85	110	8	1	116.0	11	12	3	36	1	3	2	421	8	8.53	2.79	3.06	0.23	26.1	8.6	0.67	.144	0.93	3.26
20	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	10	74	37	14	4	.778	15	1.76	107	7	10	169.0	33	38	5	90	2	19		660	3	5.70	4.79	1.19	0.27	16.2	13.6	0.97	.151	2.02	3.94
21	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	10	56	28	14	4	.778	12	1.42	74	5	4	127.0		29	5	26	2	13		458	1	5.24	1.84	2.85	0.35	16.2	5.7	0.65	.145	2.06	3.97
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	9	44	22	11	2	.846	16	1.07	116	6	1	134.1	16	20	5	54	2	2	2	499	4	7.77	3.62	2.15	0.33	23.2	10.8	0.73	.121	1.34	2.95
23	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	9	44	22	13	4	.765	19	1.24	126	4	0	138.1	19	19	7	35	4	3	2	495	2	8.20	2.28	3.60	0.46	25.5	7.1	0.57	.115	1.24	2.86
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	9	56	28	14	2	.875	21	1.26	113	5	0	163.2	23	26	8	50	0	5	2	581	5	6.21	2.75	2.26	0.44	19.4	8.6	0.65	.117	1.43	3.08
25	Dean Chance D. Chance	9	72	36	15	2	.882	16	1.38	119	7	4	150.1	23	28	4	60	3	10	3	572	0	7.12	3.59	1.98	0.24	20.8	10.5	0.88	.176	1.68	4.31

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RBI

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Alvarez

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	60	59	.504
Rangers	59	59	.500	0.5
Mariners	56	63	.471	4.0
Athletics	47	71	.398	12.5
Angels	45	73	.381	14.5

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Mon 8/10	HOU	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Tue 8/11	HOU	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Wed 8/12	HOU	@	SFG	3:45 PM
Fri 8/14	SEA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Sat 8/15	SEA	@	HOU	7:10 PM

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35

Alvarez

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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

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Abrams

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Stewart

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Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Hit Leaders

147

Lopez

143

Arraez

137

Alvarez

Run Leaders

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Wood

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Crow-Armstrong

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Olson

OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Kurtz

.395

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.624

Alvarez

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Olson

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García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

31

Simpson

31

Witt

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Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

185

Williams

184

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

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WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

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K/9 Leaders

13.80

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Cease

11.51

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K/BB Leaders

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5.91

Rasmussen

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Wood

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Crow-Armstrong

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Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

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67-50

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54-65

55-63

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Braves	71	47	.602
Phillies	63	56	.529	8.5
Marlins	60	59	.504	11.5
Nationals	59	61	.492	13.0
Mets	52	67	.437	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	74	44	.627
Cubs	69	50	.580	5.5
Cardinals	59	59	.500	15.0
Pirates	58	62	.483	17.0
Reds	56	61	.479	17.5
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Dodgers	70	48	.593
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Padres	62	57	.521	8.5
Giants	49	69	.415	21.0
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Yankees	66	52	.559	5.5
Red Sox	64	53	.547	7.0
Orioles	57	61	.483	14.5
Blue Jays	56	63	.471	16.0
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White Sox	61	56	.521
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Twins	58	61	.487	4.0
Guardians	58	61	.487	4.0
Royals	49	70	.412	13.0
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Astros	60	59	.504
Rangers	59	59	.500	0.5
Mariners	56	63	.471	4.0
Athletics	47	71	.398	12.5
Angels	45	73	.381	14.5

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Nolan Ryan and Walter Johnson are tied for the most career complete games when allowing exactly 2 hits, with 18 complete games.

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