most game started with maximum 2 run in 1961

Whitey Ford had the most starts with 2 or fewer runs allowed in 1961, with 22 starts.

Interpreted as:

most game started by a player with maximum 2 run in 1961

	NAME	GS	R	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Whitey Ford W. Ford	22	26	1961	NYY	22	16	3	.842	1.26	134	9	3	0	171.2	122	24	5	51	0	0	1	673	1	7.03	2.67	2.63	0.26	19.9	7.6	1.01	.242	1.36	6.40
2	Joey Jay J. Jay	19	24	1961	CIN	19	16	2	.889	1.40	86	11	4	0	147.1	106	23	1	52	1	0	0	584	8	5.25	3.18	1.65	0.06	14.7	8.9	1.07	.236	1.47	6.48
3	Don Mossi D. Mossi	19	28	1961	DET	20	11	3	.786	1.49	94	10	1	1	150.2	121	25	10	28	0	1	1	588	1	5.62	1.67	3.36	0.60	16.0	4.8	0.99	.243	1.67	7.23
4	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	19	29	1961	LAD	22	10	2	.833	1.57	103	9	3	0	143.2	112	25	8	46	12	2	7	582	5	6.45	2.88	2.24	0.50	17.7	7.9	1.10	.252	1.82	7.02
5	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	19	24	1961	MIL	22	18	4	.818	1.04	85	18	4	0	173.1	117	20	5	38	1	2	0	663	2	4.41	1.97	2.24	0.26	12.8	5.7	0.89	.210	1.25	6.08
6	Jim O'Toole J. O'Toole	18	24	1961	CIN	22	14	1	.933	1.39	111	10	3	2	149.1	111	23	5	49	1	2	3	592	2	6.69	2.95	2.27	0.30	18.8	8.3	1.07	.249	1.45	6.69
7	Steve Barber S. Barber	17	16	1961	BAL	20	14	2	.875	0.93	75	13	8	1	155.0	87	16	3	63	0	1	3	593	6	4.35	3.66	1.19	0.17	12.6	10.6	0.97	.186	0.93	5.05
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	16	30	1961	LAD	22	14	2	.875	1.60	153	11	2	1	146.1	88	26	6	55	2	2	4	576	7	9.41	3.38	2.78	0.37	26.6	9.5	0.98	.228	1.85	5.41
9	Chuck Estrada C. Estrada	16	27	1961	BAL	18	10	3	.769	1.90	86	4	1	0	118.2	70	25	6	68	6	1	0	498	4	6.52	5.16	1.26	0.46	17.3	13.7	1.16	.193	2.05	5.31
10	Jack Kralick J. Kralick	15	23	1961	MIN	15	8	3	.727	1.50	81	8	2	0	119.2	102	20	6	22	0	0	0	466	3	6.09	1.65	3.68	0.45	17.4	4.7	1.04	.269	1.73	7.67
11	Don Cardwell D. Cardwell	15	23	1961	CHC	16	9	3	.750	1.41	81	8	3	0	121.2	95	19	4	27	4	1	0	481	1	5.99	2.00	3.00	0.30	16.8	5.6	1.00	.249	1.70	7.03
12	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	15	16	1961	DET	16	11	1	.917	0.91	78	9	4	1	128.2	74	13	2	31	3	1	0	486	1	5.46	2.17	2.52	0.14	16.0	6.4	0.82	.194	1.12	5.18
13	Bob Friend B. Friend	14	20	1961	PIT	20	9	5	.643	1.29	54	8	1	1	119.0	106	17	4	18	1	3	2	466	2	4.08	1.36	3.00	0.30	11.6	3.9	1.04	.262	1.51	8.02
14	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	14	20	1961	CLE	14	10	1	.909	1.38	75	7	3	0	117.1	75	18	8	41	2	0	1	460	2	5.75	3.14	1.83	0.61	16.3	8.9	0.99	.201	1.53	5.75
15	Bill Stafford B. Stafford	14	23	1961	NYY	25	12	3	.800	1.36	72	8	3	2	132.1	90	20	6	34	4	6	1	509	1	4.90	2.31	2.12	0.41	14.1	6.7	0.94	.214	1.56	6.12
16	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	14	19	1961	SFG	19	8	5	.615	1.26	77	10	3	0	114.1	83	16	7	34	0	3	4	451	2	6.06	2.68	2.26	0.55	17.1	7.5	1.02	.228	1.50	6.53
17	Ralph Terry R. Terry	14	23	1961	NYY	18	12	1	.923	1.58	60	7	2	0	113.2	76	20	7	23	1	2	0	428	0	4.75	1.82	2.61	0.55	14.0	5.4	0.87	.205	1.82	6.02
18	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	13	16	1961	SFG	14	10	2	.833	1.45	75	7	3	0	99.0	64	16	6	21	1	1	3	374	2	6.82	1.91	3.57	0.55	20.1	5.6	0.86	.214	1.45	5.82
19	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	13	11	1961	MIN	15	12	2	.857	0.85	116	12	8	0	116.2	67	11	4	29	1	1	0	441	4	8.95	2.24	4.00	0.31	26.3	6.6	0.82	.216	0.85	5.17
20	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	13	21	1961	CHC	19	9	1	.900	1.50	52	7	1	0	108.1	91	18	6	29	0	2	2	427	6	4.32	2.41	1.79	0.50	12.2	6.8	1.11	.250	1.74	7.56
21	Johnny Podres J. Podres	13	17	1961	LAD	15	12	0	1.000	1.53	69	3	1	0	88.1	81	15	4	23	2	2	0	358	5	7.03	2.34	3.00	0.41	19.3	6.4	1.18	.296	1.73	8.25
22	Ken McBride K. McBride	12	20	1961	LAA	14	8	4	.667	1.57	71	7	1	1	97.1	73	17	7	43	2	2	1	400	2	6.57	3.98	1.65	0.65	17.8	10.8	1.19	.238	1.85	6.75
23	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	12	23	1961	CWS	26	10	0	1.000	1.53	115	8	1	2	118.0	80	20	4	57	2	8	1	486	2	8.77	4.35	2.02	0.31	23.7	11.7	1.16	.247	1.75	6.10
24	Frank Lary F. Lary	12	12	1961	DET	12	12	0	1.000	1.02	56	11	4	0	106.0	66	12	3	16	4	0	0	391	1	4.75	1.36	3.50	0.25	14.3	4.1	0.77	.202	1.02	5.60
25	Bob Purkey B. Purkey	12	18	1961	CIN	14	10	1	.909	1.25	51	10	1	1	107.2	72	15	5	22	5	2	1	415	2	4.26	1.84	2.32	0.42	12.3	5.3	0.87	.202	1.50	6.02