most complete games thrown while allowing exactly 3 hits in a single game mlb pitcher

Nolan Ryan has the most career complete games when allowing exactly 3 hits, with 32 complete games.

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most regular-season complete games by a player thrown while allowing exactly 3 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	32	333	111	59	31	.656	107	2.01	831	10	0	760.1	170	201	25	432	28	3	10	3,032	36	9.84	5.11	1.92	0.30	27.4	14.2	1.01	.179	2.38	3.94
2	Eddie Plank E. Plank	28	144	48	30	10	.750	36	0.64	191	16	1	321.2		63	2	70	19	9			5	5.34	1.96	2.73	0.06		6.4	0.67	.175	1.76	4.03
3	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	28	138	46	34	7	.829	37	0.29	167	16	1	309.0		41	2	54	1	7			2	4.86	1.57	3.09	0.06		5.0	0.62	.158	1.19	4.02
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	27	159	53	34	11	.756	52	1.19	339	16	0	423.0	56	61	21	114	6	1	11	1,526	5	7.21	2.43	2.97	0.45	22.2	7.5	0.65	.132	1.30	3.38
5	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	25	138	46	27	12	.692	31	0.62	194	12	2	291.2		52	5	56	8	15		1,058	13	5.99	1.73	3.46	0.15	18.3	5.3	0.67	.167	1.60	4.26
6	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	24	132	44	25	9	.735	37	1.43	247	9	1	315.2	50	58	16	110	7	3	5	1,190	6	7.04	3.14	2.25	0.46	20.8	9.2	0.77	.143	1.65	3.76
7	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	21	123	41	23	6	.793	40	1.59	189	9	0	294.2	52	59	16	97	3	0	4	1,092	3	5.77	2.96	1.95	0.49	17.3	8.9	0.75	.136	1.80	3.76
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	21	150	50	25	15	.625	45	1.65	273	10	0	338.1	62	76	17	128	1	2	6	1,262	9	7.26	3.40	2.13	0.45	21.6	10.1	0.82	.158	2.02	3.99
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	21	129	43	24	8	.750	29	1.39	185	9	0	271.0	42	54	10	68	2	4	9	999	5	6.14	2.26	2.72	0.33	18.5	6.8	0.73	.162	1.79	4.28
10	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	21	129	43	22	11	.667	34	1.97	153	11	1	273.2	60	68	19	71	7	7	2	1,018	2	5.03	2.33	2.15	0.62	15.0	7.0	0.73	.143	2.24	4.24
11	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	21	96	32	22	8	.733	24	1.44	159	6	1	218.1	35	44	5	78	1	6		824	1	6.55	3.22	2.04	0.21	19.3	9.5	0.80	.157	1.81	3.96
12	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	20	102	34	22	5	.815	27	1.24	167	8	0	232.2	32	40	11	50	5	1	5	837	3	6.46	1.93	3.34	0.43	20.0	6.0	0.65	.151	1.55	3.95
13	Early Wynn E. Wynn	20	141	47	24	13	.649	37	2.27	161	12	2	269.1	68	76	14	119	4	8	4	1,058	7	5.38	3.98	1.35	0.47	15.2	11.2	0.97	.167	2.54	4.71
14	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	19	138	46	28	10	.737	41	2.16	162	10	0	287.1	69	85	20	124	3	0	1	1,108	4	5.07	3.88	1.31	0.63	14.6	11.2	0.91	.148	2.66	4.32
15	Whitey Ford W. Ford	18	138	46	26	9	.743	36	1.61	177	14	0	268.2	48	52	16	90	4	6	5	1,014	7	5.93	3.01	1.97	0.54	17.5	8.9	0.85	.168	1.74	4.62
16	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	18	93	31	21	4	.840	23	0.25	161	10	1	217.2		25	0	42	4	8			5	6.66	1.74	3.83	0.00		5.7	0.62	.175	1.03	3.85
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	17	135	45	20	12	.625	40	2.35	286	9	0	272.0	71	76	13	119	1	1	7	1,054	8	9.46	3.94	2.40	0.43	27.1	11.3	0.93	.192	2.51	4.47
18	Bob Feller B. Feller	17	126	42	16	9	.640	29	2.50	182	7	2	233.2	65	73	6	131	6	8	1	943	3	7.01	5.05	1.39	0.23	19.3	13.9	1.10	.194	2.81	4.85
19	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	17	93	31	18	6	.750	19	1.38	79	10	2	182.2	28	34	5	27	1	9		664	3	3.89	1.33	2.93	0.25	11.9	4.1	0.66	.159	1.68	4.58
20	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	16	198	66	48	11	.814	66	1.01	509	13	0	488.1	55	67	19	169	10	0	3	1,822	8	9.38	3.11	3.01	0.35	27.9	9.3	0.75	.161	1.23	3.65
21	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	16	93	31	18	5	.783	29	1.51	162	8	0	220.0	37	46	14	77	5	1	2	824	4	6.63	3.15	2.10	0.57	19.7	9.3	0.77	.140	1.88	3.80
22	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	16	141	47	20	15	.571	42	2.42	296	5	1	275.1	74	91	14	146	6	1	1	1,107	13	9.68	4.77	2.03	0.46	26.7	13.2	1.04	.197	2.97	4.61
23	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	16	114	38	16	9	.640	23	2.30	103	10	1	203.2	52	59	10	100	4	8	0	807	4	4.55	4.42	1.03	0.44	12.8	12.4	1.05	.176	2.61	5.04
24	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	15	156	52	26	13	.667	47	2.17	254	9	0	323.2	78	88	26	110	1	2	4	1,216	3	7.06	3.06	2.31	0.72	20.9	9.0	0.82	.158	2.45	4.34
25	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	15	141	47	20	9	.690	30	2.12	163	5	1	267.2	63	69	16	95	3	6	2	1,020	13	5.48	3.19	1.72	0.54	16.0	9.3	0.88	.168	2.32	4.74

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Nolan Ryan has the most career complete games when allowing exactly 3 hits, with 32 complete games.

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