most games started with 2 or fewer hits allowed in a season by a pitcher before 2002

Before 2002, Nolan Ryan had the most starts with 2 or fewer hits allowed in a season, with 11 starts in 1991.

	NAME	GS	H	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	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	11	18	1991	TEX	11	7	1	.875	1.87	89	1	1	0	67.1	14	14	5	28	2	0	0	245	0	11.90	3.74	3.18	0.67	36.3	11.4	0.68	.107	1.87	2.41
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	10	15	1986	HOU	10	6	1	.857	1.49	71	0	0	0	54.1	9	11	3	24	0	0	1	200	2	11.76	3.98	2.96	0.50	35.5	12.0	0.72	.118	1.82	2.48
3	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8	12	1995	LAD	8	3	0	1.000	0.48	77	2	2	0	56.1	3	5	1	30	2	0	0	216	5	12.30	4.79	2.57	0.16	35.6	13.9	0.75	.104	0.80	1.92
4	Tommy Byrne T. Byrne	8	15	1949	NYY	10	3	2	.600	3.74	25	3	2	0	45.2	19	19	2	52	1	2		198	2	4.93	10.25	0.48	0.39	12.6	26.3	1.47	.110	3.74	2.96
5	Harry Harper H. Harper	8	9	1917	WSH	8	3	2	.600	3.65	14	1	1	0	24.2	10	12	1	28	1	0		109	1	5.11	10.22	0.50	0.36	12.8	25.7	1.50	.123	4.38	3.28
6	Grover Lowdermilk G. Lowdermilk	8	18	1915	TOT	14	6	2	.750	1.72	38	3	1	0	52.1	10	18	0	44	5	5		218	2	6.54	7.57	0.86	0.00	17.4	20.2	1.18	.137	3.10	3.10
7	Darren Dreifort D. Dreifort	7	14	2000	LAD	7	5	1	.833	0.80	35	1	1	0	45.0	4	5	1	23	3	0	0	173	7	7.00	4.60	1.52	0.20	20.2	13.3	0.82	.117	1.00	2.80
8	Ron Darling R. Darling	7	13	1992	OAK	7	5	0	1.000	0.47	27	3	3	0	57.0	3	4	0	16	1	0	0	197	0	4.26	2.53	1.69	0.00	13.7	8.1	0.51	.085	0.63	2.05
9	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	7	8	1988	NYM	7	3	2	.600	0.64	47	1	1	0	42.0	3	4	0	21	1	0	0	154	0	10.07	4.50	2.24	0.00	30.5	13.6	0.69	.094	0.86	1.71
10	Bruce Berenyi B. Berenyi	7	12	1981	CIN	7	3	1	.750	2.88	37	3	3	0	40.2	13	13	1	27	0	0	0	157	2	8.19	5.98	1.37	0.22	23.6	17.2	0.96	.120	2.88	2.66
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	7	9	1979	CAL	7	4	0	1.000	0.62	53	3	2	0	43.2	3	4	1	23	0	0	0	160	0	10.92	4.74	2.30	0.21	33.1	14.4	0.73	.096	0.82	1.85
12	Bill Parsons B. Parsons	7	10	1973	MIL	9	2	1	.667	5.59	8	0	0	0	19.1	12	13	2	30	0	0	0	98	2	3.72	13.97	0.27	0.93	8.2	30.6	2.07	.138	6.05	4.66
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	7	11	1972	CAL	7	3	3	.500	1.59	62	3	2	0	45.1	8	9	2	25	1	0	0	171	2	12.31	4.96	2.48	0.40	36.3	14.6	0.79	.111	1.79	2.18
14	Steve Barber S. Barber	7	11	1967	BAL	7	2	3	.400	3.82	17	1	1	0	30.2	13	16	1	29	3	0	1	135	1	4.99	8.51	0.59	0.29	12.6	21.5	1.30	.118	4.70	3.23
15	Dean Chance D. Chance	7	18	1964	LAA	15	6	0	1.000	1.22	61	5	4	4	59.0	8	9	1	26	0	5	0	217	1	9.31	3.97	2.35	0.15	28.1	12.0	0.75	.132	1.37	2.75
16	Jack Nabors J. Nabors	7	13	1916	PHA	12	0	0		2.73	12	0	0	0	29.2	9	9	0	33	0	4		128	1	3.64	10.01	0.36	0.00	9.4	25.8	1.55	.157	2.73	3.94
17	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	7	16	1915	PHN	14	7	1	.875	0.26	48	7	5	4	70.1	2	5	1	10	1	7		237	0	6.14	1.28	4.80	0.13	20.3	4.2	0.37	.085	0.64	2.05
18	Larry Cheney L. Cheney	7	16	1915	TOT	10	1	4	.200	2.66	20	1	0	0	40.2	12	15	0	27	1	1		163	6	4.43	5.98	0.74	0.00	12.3	16.6	1.06	.139	3.32	3.54
19	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	7	20	1913	WSH	15	11	0	1.000	0.27	46	4	4	2	66.1	2	3	0	12	1	7		229	0	6.24	1.63	3.83	0.00	20.1	5.2	0.48	.118	0.41	2.71
20	Roy Golden R. Golden	7	12	1911	SLN	9	0	1	.000	0.93	9	0	0	0	19.1		10	1	32	1	1		95	0	4.19	14.90	0.28	0.47	9.5	33.7	2.28	.212	4.66	5.59
21	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	7	18	1908	CHC	13	5	0	1.000		28	4	1	1	52.2		10	0	27	3	5		210	0	4.78	4.61	1.04	0.00	13.3	12.9	0.85	.118	1.71	3.08
22	Kerry Wood K. Wood	6	11	2001	CHC	6	4	2	.667	2.36	63	1	1	0	42.0	11	11	2	21	5	0	1	163	4	13.50	4.50	3.00	0.43	38.7	12.9	0.76	.125	2.36	2.36
23	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	6	10	2000	LAD	6	6	0	1.000	0.60	57	1	1	0	45.0	3	3	2	24	3	0	0	168	2	11.40	4.80	2.38	0.40	33.9	14.3	0.76	.098	0.60	2.00
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	6	12	1997	SEA	7	5	0	1.000	1.02	63	1	1	0	44.0	5	6	2	19	0	0	0	158	0	12.89	3.89	3.32	0.41	39.9	12.0	0.70	.135	1.23	2.45
25	Al Leiter A. Leiter	6	9	1996	FLA	6	4	2	.667	1.94	37	1	1	0	41.2	9	9	2	25	3	0	0	157	1	7.99	5.40	1.48	0.43	23.6	15.9	0.82	.078	1.94	1.94