most games 2 runs or under by starting pitcher

Greg Maddux had the most games pitched by a starting pitcher when allowing 2 or fewer runs, with 398 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games 2 runs or under by starting pitcher

	NAME	G	R	W	L	W%	GS	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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	398	457	269	37	.879	398	1.30	1,990	93	35	0	2914.2	2,076	420	91	455	60	0	67	11,024	29	6.14	1.40	4.37	0.28	18.1	4.1	0.87	.236	1.41	6.41
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	387	413	279	32	.897	387	1.17	2,816	93	46	0	2888.2	1,841	374	94	777	62	0	21	11,102	58	8.77	2.42	3.62	0.29	25.4	7.0	0.91	.238	1.29	5.74
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	384	408	246	53	.823	384	1.07	3,186	153	61	0	2899.2	1,491	346	57	1,258	62	0	15	11,226	99	9.89	3.90	2.53	0.18	28.4	11.2	0.95	.215	1.27	4.63
4	Don Sutton D. Sutton	376	438	247	47	.840	376	1.19	1,974	140	58	0	2924.0	1,941	387	116	619	26	0	35	11,148	43	6.08	1.91	3.19	0.36	17.7	5.6	0.88	.217	1.35	5.97
5	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	346	333	276	60	.821	346	0.52	1,910	306	108	0	3065.2	1,898		13	594	86	0		11,453	62	5.61	1.74	3.22	0.04	16.7	5.2	0.81	.213	0.98	5.57
6	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	338	391	216	34	.864	338	1.34	1,448	48	25	0	2383.2	1,724	354	102	651	30	0	43	9,280	18	5.47	2.46	2.22	0.39	15.6	7.0	1.00	.230	1.48	6.51
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	332	372	235	47	.833	332	1.12	2,155	185	61	0	2722.0	1,721	340	96	654	36	0	47	10,333	52	7.13	2.16	3.30	0.32	20.9	6.3	0.87	.220	1.23	5.69
8	Tommy John T. John	330	391	205	40	.837	330	1.25	1,233	121	46	0	2496.0	1,913	346	81	535	38	0	36	9,634	61	4.45	1.93	2.30	0.29	12.8	5.6	0.98	.236	1.41	6.90
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	315	358	230	41	.849	315	1.12	2,076	178	55	0	2589.2	1,714	321	76	744	25	0	44	9,955	75	7.21	2.59	2.79	0.26	20.9	7.5	0.95	.233	1.24	5.96
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	310	366	219	43	.836	310	1.12	1,701	198	53	0	2608.0	1,757	325	81	562	40	0	56	9,923	49	5.87	1.94	3.03	0.28	17.1	5.7	0.89	.222	1.26	6.06
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	308	333	176	35	.834	308	1.40	1,810	13	5	0	2023.1	1,472	315	100	374	41	0	10	7,741	52	8.05	1.66	4.84	0.44	23.4	4.8	0.91	.253	1.48	6.55
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	306	344	220	27	.891	306	1.24	2,843	75	37	0	2274.2	1,389	313	112	636	83	0	10	8,724	42	11.25	2.52	4.47	0.44	32.6	7.3	0.89	.253	1.36	5.50
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	306	376	211	43	.831	306	1.24	1,515	158	45	0	2454.2	1,723	337	97	647	40	0	22	9,507	66	5.55	2.37	2.34	0.36	15.9	6.8	0.97	.226	1.38	6.32
14	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	304	346	211	34	.861	304	1.13	1,886	156	60	0	2435.2	1,696	305	87	557	60	0	18	9,342	36	6.97	2.06	3.39	0.32	20.2	6.0	0.93	.238	1.28	6.27
15	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	302	375	254	38	.870	302	1.14	1,323	266	63	0	2662.0	1,829	337	110	598	14	0	16	10,169	21	4.47	2.02	2.21	0.37	13.0	5.9	0.91	.212	1.27	6.18
16	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	296	324	200	33	.858	296	1.30	2,132	23	9	0	2044.1	1,322	295	120	477	56	0	10	7,825	43	9.39	2.10	4.47	0.53	27.2	6.1	0.88	.238	1.43	5.82
17	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	296	324	240	44	.845	296	0.87	1,163	270	90	0	2637.1	1,864		31	350	27	0		9,881	11	3.97	1.19	3.32	0.11	11.8	3.5	0.84	.221	1.11	6.36
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	291	280	184	26	.876	291	1.20	2,113	24	15	0	1953.1	1,209	261	90	402	23	0	15	7,341	68	9.74	1.85	5.26	0.41	28.8	5.5	0.82	.237	1.29	5.57
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	285	327	207	31	.870	285	1.11	1,324	165	53	0	2342.0	1,536	289	91	650	16	0	12	8,987	42	5.09	2.50	2.04	0.35	14.7	7.2	0.93	.209	1.26	5.90
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	282	304	173	28	.861	282	1.36	2,258	10	5	0	1869.0	1,181	283	118	428	63	0	8	7,127	28	10.87	2.06	5.28	0.57	31.7	6.0	0.86	.250	1.46	5.69
21	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	269	334	173	34	.836	269	1.49	1,135	28	10	0	1867.2	1,373	310	86	432	62	0	15	7,287	18	5.47	2.08	2.63	0.41	15.6	5.9	0.97	.231	1.61	6.62
22	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	267	323	198	14	.934	267	1.39	1,594	48	23	0	1955.1	1,399	302	91	348	23	0	7	7,415	26	7.34	1.60	4.58	0.42	21.5	4.7	0.89	.244	1.49	6.44
23	CC Sabathia	262	296	177	20	.898	262	1.37	1,621	27	12	0	1789.1	1,258	273	87	487	61	0	15	6,950	28	8.15	2.45	3.33	0.44	23.3	7.0	0.98	.249	1.49	6.33
24	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	260	306	184	42	.814	260	1.13	1,501	173	49	0	2132.0	1,432	268	86	371	33	0	35	8,050	25	6.34	1.57	4.05	0.36	18.6	4.6	0.85	.222	1.29	6.05
25	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	255	323	171	48	.781	255	1.25	1,105	187	45	0	2165.0	1,536	301	105	349	25	0	16	8,186	13	4.59	1.45	3.17	0.44	13.5	4.3	0.87	.217	1.34	6.39