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 |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 |  | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 |  | 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 | | 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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