most games started with 3 or fewer hits allowed in a season by a pitcher before 2002

Before 2002, Nolan Ryan had the most starts with 3 or fewer hits allowed in a season, with 15 starts in 1976.

	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	15	36	1976	CAL	15	9	3	.750	1.90	127	8	6	0	104.1	22	23	1	78	0	0	0	408	2	10.96	6.73	1.63	0.09	31.1	19.1	1.09	.173	1.98	3.11
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	14	27	1991	TEX	14	9	1	.900	2.01	114	1	1	0	89.1	20	21	5	40	2	0	0	331	1	11.49	4.03	2.85	0.50	34.4	12.1	0.75	.129	2.12	2.72
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	13	24	1986	HOU	13	7	1	.875	1.77	93	0	0	0	71.1	14	16	3	35	0	0	2	273	4	11.73	4.42	2.66	0.38	34.1	12.8	0.83	.148	2.02	3.03
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	13	29	1972	CAL	13	7	5	.583	1.04	121	7	4	0	95.1	11	13	3	46	1	0	2	357	5	11.42	4.34	2.63	0.28	33.9	12.9	0.79	.140	1.23	2.74
5	Tommy Byrne T. Byrne	13	30	1949	NYY	15	5	4	.556	4.46	42	4	3	0	68.2	34	34	5	80	2	2		311	2	5.50	10.49	0.53	0.66	13.5	25.7	1.60	.137	4.46	3.93
6	Harry Harper H. Harper	13	24	1917	WSH	13	6	2	.750	2.25	32	4	3	0	60.0	15	18	1	43	1	0		241	2	4.80	6.45	0.74	0.15	13.3	17.8	1.12	.140	2.70	3.60
7	Kerry Wood K. Wood	12	29	2001	CHC	12	7	2	.778	2.45	110	1	1	0	80.2	22	24	6	39	7	0	1	314	6	12.27	4.35	2.82	0.67	35.0	12.4	0.84	.151	2.68	3.24
8	Al Leiter A. Leiter	12	27	1996	FLA	12	5	5	.500	1.98	73	1	1	0	81.2	18	21	5	49	3	0	0	321	1	8.04	5.40	1.49	0.55	22.7	15.3	0.93	.115	2.31	2.98
9	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	12	24	1995	LAD	12	6	0	1.000	0.75	104	3	2	0	83.2	7	11	1	39	3	0	0	319	6	11.19	4.20	2.67	0.11	32.6	12.2	0.75	.134	1.18	2.58
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	12	31	1991	SEA	12	5	3	.625	3.08	92	1	1	0	76.0	26	27	7	58	3	0	0	311	2	10.89	6.87	1.59	0.83	29.6	18.6	1.17	.159	3.20	3.67
11	Bill Parsons B. Parsons	12	25	1973	MIL	14	2	4	.333	7.49	18	0	0	0	33.2	28	29	4	53	0	0	1	177	7	4.81	14.17	0.34	1.07	10.2	29.9	2.32	.206	7.75	6.68
12	Bob Turley B. Turley	12	30	1955	NYY	14	6	4	.600	2.30	73	6	4	1	82.0	21	23	2	62	5	2	0	336	1	8.01	6.80	1.18	0.22	21.7	18.5	1.12	.144	2.52	3.29
13	CC Sabathia	11	27	2001	CLE	11	5	1	.833	2.45	62	0	0	0	62.1	17	19	3	30	1	0	0	242	3	8.95	4.33	2.07	0.43	25.6	12.4	0.91	.164	2.74	3.90
14	Juan Guzman J. Guzman	11	28	1991	TOR	11	7	1	.875	1.49	62	0	0	0	66.1	11	16	2	37	3	0	0	262	3	8.41	5.02	1.68	0.27	23.7	14.1	0.98	.165	2.17	3.80
15	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	11	26	1990	NYM	11	3	4	.429	2.40	68	2	1	0	71.1	19	20	7	22	3	0	0	261	1	8.58	2.78	3.09	0.88	26.1	8.4	0.67	.118	2.52	3.28
16	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	11	22	1990	TEX	11	6	3	.667	1.75	101	3	2	0	77.0	15	16	3	24	3	0	0	277	2	11.81	2.81	4.21	0.35	36.5	8.7	0.60	.130	1.87	2.57
17	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	11	26	1989	STL	11	8	1	.889	1.16	79	3	2	0	85.1	11	11	1	29	3	0	1	306	1	8.33	3.06	2.72	0.11	25.8	9.5	0.64	.129	1.16	2.74
18	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	11	20	1988	NYM	11	5	2	.714	0.94	70	1	1	0	67.0	7	9	1	37	1	0	1	257	0	9.40	4.97	1.89	0.13	27.2	14.4	0.85	.128	1.21	2.69
19	Mike Scott M. Scott	11	28	1987	HOU	11	9	1	.900	1.62	82	5	2	0	83.1	15	17	5	28	0	0	0	302	2	8.86	3.02	2.93	0.54	27.2	9.3	0.67	.123	1.84	3.02
20	Dick Ruthven D. Ruthven	11	29	1974	PHI	11	2	4	.333	2.93	41	1	0	0	58.1	19	21	2	40	1	0	0	238	4	6.33	6.17	1.02	0.31	17.2	16.8	1.18	.175	3.24	4.47
21	Steve Barber S. Barber	11	23	1967	TOT	11	4	5	.444	3.15	36	1	1	0	54.1	19	22	2	50	3	0	1	236	2	5.96	8.28	0.72	0.33	15.3	21.2	1.34	.145	3.64	3.81
22	Dave Morehead D. Morehead	11	31	1965	BOS	12	5	4	.556	2.90	47	3	2	0	59.0	19	19	2	43	0	1	0	247	3	7.17	6.56	1.09	0.31	19.0	17.4	1.25	.187	2.90	4.73
23	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	11	27	1963	LAD	11	9	1	.900	0.19	85	9	8	0	94.2	2	2	1	13	1	0	1	323	1	8.08	1.24	6.54	0.10	26.3	4.0	0.42	.117	0.19	2.57
24	Herb Score H. Score	11	29	1960	CWS	12	2	5	.286	5.45	26	2	1	0	38.0	23	26	4	43	0	1	0	185	7	6.16	10.18	0.60	0.95	14.1	23.2	1.89	.223	6.16	6.87
25	Lou Fette L. Fette	11	30	1939	BSN	12	5	2	.714	2.75	7	5	4	0	52.1	16	20	2	24	0	1		205	1	1.20	4.13	0.29	0.34	3.4	11.7	1.03	.163	3.44	5.16