most games with 2 or fewer earned runs by a pitcher since 1972

Since 1972, Jesse Orosco has the most games pitched when allowing at most 2 earned runs, with 1,217 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 2 or fewer earned runs by a pitcher since 1972

	NAME	G	ER	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1,217	327	86	65	.570	2	2.36	1,146	0	0	144	1247.2	931	379	88	537	32	491	81	5,145	35	8.27	3.87	2.13	0.63	22.3	10.4	1.18	.252	2.73	6.72
2	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	1,134	337	68	52	.567	1	2.79	870	0	0	84	1085.2	951	371	69	384	30	359	63	4,503	33	7.21	3.18	2.27	0.57	19.3	8.5	1.23	.280	3.08	7.88
3	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1,091	224	81	45	.643	3	1.63	1,143	0	0	652	1236.2	888	246	54	262	44	943	39	4,828	13	8.32	1.91	4.36	0.39	23.7	5.4	0.93	.251	1.79	6.46
4	John Franco J. Franco	1,079	265	87	65	.572	0	1.98	934	0	0	423	1205.1	1,023	326	62	451	22	756	69	5,004	51	6.97	3.37	2.07	0.46	18.7	9.0	1.22	.272	2.43	7.64
5	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	1,027	296	65	55	.542	6	2.66	983	0	0	158	1000.2	823	339	84	347	15	418	45	4,119	35	8.84	3.12	2.83	0.76	23.9	8.4	1.17	.275	3.05	7.40
6	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	1,011	319	91	71	.562	0	2.09	749	0	0	183	1374.0	1,156	387	45	450	16	616	165	5,629	21	4.91	2.95	1.66	0.29	13.3	8.0	1.17	.254	2.53	7.57
7	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	1,008	310	74	54	.578	2	2.43	827	0	0	140	1148.2	988	352	96	315	42	457	58	4,672	29	6.48	2.47	2.63	0.75	17.7	6.7	1.13	.263	2.76	7.74
8	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1,001	230	58	54	.518	0	1.95	1,110	0	0	601	1062.0	731	258	79	284	6	839	50	4,165	45	9.41	2.41	3.91	0.67	26.7	6.8	0.96	.243	2.19	6.19
9	Lee Smith L. Smith	986	312	71	72	.497	3	2.26	1,209	0	0	477	1240.0	996	349	69	443	7	790	89	5,056	40	8.78	3.22	2.73	0.50	23.9	8.8	1.16	.279	2.53	7.23
10	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	972	282	66	50	.569	1	2.45	919	0	0	326	1036.1	875	341	74	420	34	647	49	4,354	46	7.98	3.65	2.19	0.64	21.1	9.6	1.25	.276	2.96	7.60
11	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	961	286	62	47	.569	1	2.28	966	0	0	142	1126.2	839	323	96	385	50	412	69	4,558	34	7.72	3.08	2.51	0.77	21.2	8.4	1.09	.243	2.58	6.70
12	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	943	279	64	44	.593	29	2.29	777	1	0	127	1098.1	974	320	70	300	12	363	26	4,469	43	6.37	2.46	2.59	0.57	17.4	6.7	1.16	.273	2.62	7.98
13	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	935	342	122	73	.626	14	1.93	1,351	10	0	309	1592.1	1,168	396	71	593	41	663	80	6,408	49	7.64	3.35	2.28	0.40	21.1	9.3	1.11	.252	2.24	6.60
14	Todd Jones T. Jones	926	281	58	37	.611	0	2.49	830	0	0	319	1015.2	882	322	66	382	34	598	53	4,237	36	7.35	3.38	2.17	0.58	19.6	9.0	1.24	.279	2.85	7.82
15	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	921	219	50	34	.595	0	2.06	1,118	0	0	437	955.0	662	243	83	351	14	663	37	3,832	63	10.54	3.31	3.19	0.78	29.2	9.2	1.06	.256	2.29	6.24
16	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	920	287	46	59	.438	0	2.81	926	0	0	327	919.0	729	323	63	416	49	580	30	3,883	58	9.07	4.07	2.23	0.62	23.8	10.7	1.25	.274	3.16	7.14
17	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	903	272	68	55	.553	30	2.14	822	4	2	321	1144.1	979	322	72	417	35	612	43	4,750	53	6.46	3.28	1.97	0.57	17.3	8.8	1.22	.266	2.53	7.70
18	David Weathers D. Weathers	884	322	70	53	.569	27	2.52	828	0	0	75	1148.0	1,014	366	86	447	42	298	67	4,821	30	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.67	17.2	9.3	1.27	.272	2.87	7.95
19	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	865	181	49	28	.636	0	1.88	1,214	0	0	453	866.2	518	199	72	244	30	658	16	3,365	20	12.61	2.53	4.98	0.75	36.1	7.3	0.88	.247	2.07	5.38
20	Mike Myers M. Myers	860	179	25	22	.532	0	3.04	422	0	0	14	529.1	454	197	43	239	38	191	30	2,250	10	7.18	4.06	1.77	0.73	18.8	10.6	1.31	.273	3.35	7.72
21	Eddie Guardado E. Guardado	859	264	46	38	.548	5	2.88	730	0	0	187	823.2	658	286	102	279	13	392	31	3,355	20	7.98	3.05	2.62	1.11	21.8	8.3	1.14	.249	3.13	7.19
22	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	859	246	61	34	.642	0	2.66	780	0	0	56	831.1	735	279	62	277	20	273	65	3,469	28	8.44	3.00	2.82	0.67	22.5	8.0	1.22	.289	3.02	7.96
23	Gene Garber G. Garber	856	332	93	80	.538	3	2.20	865	2	0	217	1358.2	1,172	416	71	372	30	586	140	5,526	24	5.73	2.46	2.33	0.47	15.7	6.7	1.14	.263	2.76	7.76
24	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	852	361	155	44	.779	167	1.59	1,600	67	20	390	2042.1	1,464	413	122	376	41	566	45	7,880	20	7.05	1.66	4.26	0.54	20.3	4.8	0.90	.234	1.82	6.45
25	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	845	274	72	57	.558	0	2.25	849	0	0	365	1094.0	871	303	87	329	24	678	61	4,447	20	6.98	2.71	2.58	0.72	19.1	7.4	1.10	.248	2.49	7.17