most games started with 2 or less hits allowed by a pitcher in a career before 2002

Before 2002, Nolan Ryan had the most starts when allowing 2 or fewer hits, with 111 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started with 2 or less hits allowed by a pitcher in a career before 2002

	NAME	GS	H	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	111	176	137	71	18	.798	1.18	855	37	27	3	752.2	99	116	19	417	13	9	4	2,812	22	10.22	4.99	2.05	0.23	30.4	14.8	0.79	.104	1.39	2.10
2	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	38	73	45	20	8	.714	1.56	263	5	3	1	247.1	43	44	12	114	8	2	2	931	2	9.57	4.15	2.31	0.44	28.2	12.2	0.76	.114	1.60	2.66
3	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	37	145	127	57	16	.781	0.37	333	28	22	28	461.0		52	1	83	14	87			9	6.50	1.62	4.01	0.02		5.2	0.49	.122	1.02	2.83
4	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	36	115	101	23	12	.657	1.81	318	14	10	13	318.0	64	71	11	215	6	32	11	1,276	13	9.00	6.08	1.48	0.31	24.9	16.8	1.04	.143	2.01	3.25
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	34	62	35	27	1	.964	0.69	225	14	10	0	236.0	18	19	3	69	4	0	0	831	5	8.58	2.63	3.26	0.11	27.1	8.3	0.56	.111	0.72	2.36
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	34	72	50	22	8	.733	0.87	183	15	11	5	269.1	26	31	12	64	4	11	5	940	1	6.12	2.14	2.86	0.40	19.5	6.8	0.50	.089	1.04	2.41
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	31	53	38	24	3	.889	0.57	192	16	11	1	219.2	14	17	5	65	1	4	2	765	4	7.87	2.66	2.95	0.20	25.1	8.5	0.54	.096	0.70	2.17
8	Vida Blue V. Blue	30	64	49	23	3	.885	1.06	156	9	8	2	230.0	27	31	9	82	1	8	2	834	4	6.10	3.21	1.90	0.35	18.7	9.8	0.63	.094	1.21	2.50
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	29	54	36	18	3	.857	1.10	312	6	6	2	220.0	27	30	9	100	9	4	0	812	5	12.76	4.09	3.12	0.37	38.4	12.3	0.70	.118	1.23	2.21
10	David Cone D. Cone	29	57	45	18	3	.857	0.93	236	8	6	1	232.0	24	25	6	96	15	5	1	842	8	9.16	3.72	2.46	0.23	28.0	11.4	0.66	.104	0.97	2.21
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	29	72	52	23	3	.885	0.98	189	15	10	1	247.0	27	33	9	68	1	10	3	865	8	6.89	2.48	2.78	0.33	21.8	7.9	0.57	.105	1.20	2.62
12	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	29	88	99	18	8	.692	1.96	303	14	11	9	265.2	58	64	16	135	1	41	4	1,017	13	10.26	4.57	2.24	0.54	29.8	13.3	0.84	.128	2.17	2.98
13	Whitey Ford W. Ford	29	83	70	17	4	.810	1.38	148	10	6	11	222.0	34	39	6	110	2	24	3	834	4	6.00	4.46	1.35	0.24	17.7	13.2	0.87	.136	1.58	3.36
14	Bob Feller B. Feller	29	84	94	26	11	.703	1.26	235	22	16	20	306.1	43	53	4	168	3	41	1	1,158	8	6.90	4.94	1.40	0.12	20.3	14.5	0.82	.107	1.56	2.47
15	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	28	67	56	18	1	.947	0.75	155	8	8	3	217.0	18	24	7	70	2	13	7	776	5	6.43	2.90	2.21	0.29	20.0	9.0	0.63	.111	1.00	2.78
16	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	28	68	49	22	6	.786	1.45	150	17	15	4	235.1	38	41	6	91	2	10	1	844	3	5.74	3.48	1.65	0.23	17.8	10.8	0.68	.104	1.57	2.60
17	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	27	134	150	19	11	.633	1.97	294	4	3	5	343.1	75	85	18	173	15	32	11	1,329	8	7.71	4.53	1.70	0.47	22.1	13.0	0.89	.140	2.23	3.51
18	Tommy John T. John	27	99	78	14	7	.667	1.22	128	7	7	3	235.1	32	40	10	69	6	20	4	863	11	4.90	2.64	1.86	0.38	14.8	8.0	0.71	.137	1.53	3.79
19	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	27	58	56	23	5	.821	0.71	230	17	15	4	240.1	19	21	4	100	2	14	3	868	15	8.61	3.74	2.30	0.15	26.5	11.5	0.66	.102	0.79	2.17
20	Bob Turley B. Turley	27	96	87	19	11	.633	2.25	188	12	8	11	240.1	60	71	10	161	9	36	4	970	6	7.04	6.03	1.17	0.37	19.4	16.6	1.07	.143	2.66	3.60
21	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	27	91	86	21	6	.778	0.53	113	13	8	10	256.2		54	2	128	17	44			2	3.96	4.49	0.88	0.07		13.1	0.85	.124	1.89	3.19
22	Bob Welch B. Welch	25	76	58	23	3	.885	1.46	148	6	6	6	204.0	33	38	11	76	2	17	2	754	5	6.53	3.35	1.95	0.49	19.6	10.1	0.75	.126	1.68	3.35
23	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	25	51	30	19	4	.826	0.91	169	15	8	0	197.0	20	21	8	53	5	3	3	696	2	7.72	2.42	3.19	0.37	24.3	7.6	0.53	.093	0.96	2.33
24	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	25	124	104	21	13	.618	1.46	224	13	10	15	278.0	45	49	18	100	4	48	6	1,049	3	7.25	3.24	2.24	0.58	21.4	9.5	0.81	.151	1.59	4.01
25	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	25	90	94	18	9	.667	1.18	201	6	4	16	228.0	30	50	9	93	5	34	5	865	7	7.93	3.67	2.16	0.36	23.2	10.8	0.80	.145	1.97	3.55