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

Before 2002, Sean Runyan had the most games pitched with 2 or fewer hits allowed in a season, with 88 games in his rookie season in 1998.

	NAME	G	H	SEASON	TM	W	L	W%	GS	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	Sean Runyan S. Runyan	88	47	1998	DET	1	4	.200	0	3.58	39	0	0	1	50.1	20	23	7	28	2	11	3	223	5	6.97	5.01	1.39	1.25	17.5	12.6	1.49	.272	4.11	8.40
2	Steve Kline S. Kline	86	43	2001	STL	3	2	.600	0	1.66	53	0	0	9	70.2	13	14	3	27	4	25	6	280	1	6.75	3.44	1.96	0.38	18.9	9.6	0.99	.207	1.78	5.48
3	Mike Myers M. Myers	86	50	1997	DET	0	4	.000	0	5.02	47	0	0	2	52.0	29	31	10	23	2	22	2	231	0	8.13	3.98	2.04	1.73	20.3	10.0	1.40	.268	5.37	8.65
4	Mitch Williams M. Williams	83	56	1987	TEX	8	5	.615	0	3.19	120	0	0	6	101.2	36	42	8	89	7	32	6	438	4	10.62	7.88	1.35	0.71	27.4	20.3	1.43	.224	3.72	4.96
5	Ray King R. King	81	45	2001	MIL	0	3	.000	0	3.19	49	0	0	1	53.2	19	19	4	25	1	18	7	226	2	8.22	4.19	1.96	0.67	21.7	11.1	1.30	.279	3.19	7.55
6	Kelly Wunsch K. Wunsch	81	44	2000	CWS	6	2	.750	0	2.51	51	0	0	1	61.0	17	18	4	28	2	12	1	250	0	7.52	4.13	1.82	0.59	20.4	11.2	1.18	.242	2.66	6.49
7	Julian Tavarez J. Tavarez	81	65	1997	SFG	6	2	.750	0	2.76	34	0	0	0	78.1	24	29	4	28	3	11	4	317	3	3.91	3.22	1.21	0.46	10.7	8.8	1.19	.246	3.33	7.47
8	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	81	60	1979	PIT	8	5	.615	0	1.50	62	0	0	26	107.2	18	21	3	37	2	56	13	412	3	5.18	3.09	1.68	0.25	15.0	9.0	0.90	.185	1.76	5.02
9	Eddie Guardado E. Guardado	80	49	1996	MIN	6	5	.545	0	4.54	69	0	0	4	69.1	35	37	11	32	2	16	4	286	2	8.96	4.15	2.16	1.43	24.1	11.2	1.17	.221	4.80	6.36
10	Graeme Lloyd G. Lloyd	79	58	2001	MON	9	3	.750	0	2.67	40	0	0	1	67.1	20	23	3	19	5	27	2	275	1	5.35	2.54	2.11	0.40	14.5	6.9	1.14	.264	3.07	7.75
11	Rob Murphy R. Murphy	79	60	1987	CIN	6	4	.600	0	2.11	84	0	0	3	85.1	20	22	3	29	0	19	2	337	1	8.86	3.06	2.90	0.32	24.9	8.6	1.04	.258	2.32	6.33
12	Felix Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	78	47	2001	SFG	9	1	.900	0	1.38	89	0	0	0	78.0	12	12	5	25	1	12	1	298	1	10.27	2.88	3.56	0.58	29.9	8.4	0.92	.236	1.38	5.42
13	Mike Myers M. Myers	78	24	2000	COL	0	1	.000	0	1.99	41	0	0	1	45.1	10	10	2	24	2	22	3	177	1	8.14	4.76	1.71	0.40	23.2	13.6	1.06	.204	1.99	4.76
14	Steve Kline S. Kline	78	43	1999	MON	6	4	.600	0	3.43	67	0	0	0	65.2	25	28	7	32	3	17	6	273	2	9.18	4.39	2.09	0.96	24.5	11.7	1.14	.220	3.84	5.89
15	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	77	37	1998	TOR	4	3	.571	0	3.47	54	0	0	4	49.1	19	21	4	16	1	16	1	197	0	9.85	2.92	3.38	0.73	27.4	8.1	1.07	.270	3.83	6.75
16	Bob Patterson B. Patterson	77	40	1996	CHC	3	2	.600	0	2.84	48	0	0	8	50.2	16	16	5	21	1	25	7	212	1	8.53	3.73	2.29	0.89	22.6	9.9	1.20	.255	2.84	7.11
17	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	77	46	1993	SFG	6	5	.545	0	2.61	65	0	0	1	72.1	21	23	6	24	3	17	6	292	2	8.09	2.99	2.71	0.75	22.3	8.2	0.97	.206	2.86	5.72
18	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	77	53	1987	PHI	5	3	.625	0	1.98	49	0	0	3	86.1	19	20	5	23	0	33	10	331	2	5.11	2.40	2.13	0.52	14.8	6.9	0.88	.189	2.08	5.53
19	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	77	66	1987	TOR	7	5	.583	0	2.40	76	0	0	3	97.1	26	27	7	43	3	24	10	396	3	7.03	3.98	1.77	0.65	19.2	10.9	1.12	.221	2.50	6.10
20	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	77	64	1978	PIT	7	3	.700	0	1.02	66	0	0	27	105.2	12	17	3	42	2	55	13	421	5	5.62	3.58	1.57	0.26	15.7	10.0	1.00	.198	1.45	5.45
21	Robb Nen R. Nen	76	49	2001	SFG	4	4	.500	0	2.51	89	0	0	44	75.1	21	23	6	21	1	69	6	295	2	10.63	2.51	4.24	0.72	30.2	7.1	0.93	.242	2.75	5.85
22	David Weathers D. Weathers	76	52	2001	TOT	4	4	.500	0	2.03	60	0	0	4	79.2	18	19	6	29	3	24	6	316	0	6.78	3.28	2.07	0.68	19.0	9.2	1.02	.211	2.15	5.87
23	Mike Myers M. Myers	76	47	1996	DET	1	5	.167	0	3.79	59	0	0	6	54.2	23	25	2	28	3	22	6	237	2	9.71	4.61	2.11	0.33	24.9	11.8	1.37	.310	4.12	7.74
24	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	75	33	1999	NYM	3	3	.500	0	1.44	122	0	0	21	75.0	12	13	4	40	0	40	4	295	2	14.64	4.80	3.05	0.48	41.4	13.6	0.97	.225	1.56	3.96
25	Steve Kline S. Kline	75	52	1998	MON	3	6	.333	0	2.13	74	0	0	1	67.2	16	19	3	39	3	17	7	295	4	9.84	5.19	1.90	0.40	25.1	13.2	1.34	.278	2.53	6.92