most games with 2 or less earn runs allowed by a starting pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Zack Greinke has the most games pitched by a starting pitcher when allowing 2 or fewer earned runs, with 324 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 2 or less earn runs allowed by a starting pitcher since 2000
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 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
324
336
179
41
.814
324
1.43
1,885
13
5
0
2116.2
1,575
393
107
404
42
0
11
8,150
55
8.01
1.72
4.67
0.45
23.1
5.0
0.93
.257
1.67
6.70
2 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
308
288
191
32
.857
308
1.25
2,238
24
15
0
2069.1
1,317
338
101
424
26
0
16
7,821
77
9.73
1.84
5.28
0.44
28.6
5.4
0.84
.242
1.47
5.73
3 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
308
313
205
35
.854
308
1.33
2,194
23
9
0
2122.1
1,387
363
128
505
61
0
10
8,163
47
9.30
2.14
4.34
0.54
26.9
6.2
0.89
.239
1.54
5.88
4 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
292
300
174
35
.833
292
1.40
2,321
10
5
0
1929.2
1,232
339
122
449
65
0
9
7,386
34
10.83
2.09
5.17
0.57
31.4
6.1
0.87
.251
1.58
5.75
5 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
289
319
187
29
.866
289
1.46
1,790
28
12
0
1963.2
1,442
388
99
545
65
0
17
7,719
30
8.20
2.50
3.28
0.45
23.2
7.1
1.01
.257
1.78
6.61
6 Tim Hudson
T. Hudson
258
282
175
17
.911
258
1.38
1,234
24
13
0
1833.1
1,353
333
66
426
63
0
37
7,108
34
6.06
2.09
2.90
0.32
17.4
6.0
0.97
.242
1.63
6.64
7 Jon Lester
J. Lester
254
241
164
18
.901
254
1.29
1,556
13
4
0
1677.1
1,199
294
90
442
50
0
7
6,540
31
8.35
2.37
3.52
0.48
23.8
6.8
0.98
.252
1.58
6.43
8 Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
250
284
164
28
.854
250
1.44
1,045
28
10
0
1772.1
1,445
376
93
325
33
0
13
6,896
9
5.31
1.65
3.22
0.47
15.2
4.7
1.00
.250
1.91
7.34
9 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
246
279
130
39
.769
246
1.47
1,654
17
7
0
1706.2
1,182
308
109
412
62
0
17
6,603
26
8.72
2.17
4.01
0.57
25.0
6.2
0.93
.246
1.62
6.23
10 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
244
262
137
34
.801
244
1.36
1,692
23
11
0
1736.1
1,155
317
77
436
64
0
6
6,692
87
8.77
2.26
3.88
0.40
25.3
6.5
0.92
.244
1.64
5.99
11 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
240
262
158
32
.832
240
1.43
1,402
27
11
0
1649.2
1,231
304
62
397
44
0
13
6,458
29
7.65
2.17
3.53
0.34
21.7
6.1
0.99
.257
1.66
6.72
12 Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
235
269
160
32
.833
235
1.50
1,219
23
10
0
1608.2
1,294
334
83
334
16
0
10
6,313
17
6.82
1.87
3.65
0.46
19.3
5.3
1.01
.260
1.87
7.24
13 John Lackey
J. Lackey
230
276
142
30
.826
230
1.58
1,295
14
8
0
1574.0
1,189
339
83
383
64
0
16
6,203
57
7.40
2.19
3.38
0.47
20.9
6.2
1.00
.253
1.94
6.80
14 Barry Zito
B. Zito
220
241
126
29
.813
220
1.47
1,113
9
5
0
1479.0
1,001
295
89
512
44
0
17
5,840
19
6.77
3.12
2.17
0.54
19.1
8.8
1.02
.223
1.80
6.09
15 A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
215
258
119
37
.763
215
1.57
1,337
22
10
0
1475.0
999
322
70
525
71
0
11
5,856
77
8.16
3.20
2.55
0.43
22.8
9.0
1.03
.241
1.96
6.10
16 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
210
235
110
41
.728
210
1.51
1,369
15
7
0
1399.1
996
275
92
293
49
0
24
5,438
16
8.80
1.88
4.67
0.59
25.2
5.4
0.92
.249
1.77
6.41
17 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
209
218
114
28
.803
209
1.57
1,235
3
2
0
1253.2
879
270
58
402
100
0
7
4,998
32
8.87
2.89
3.07
0.42
24.7
8.0
1.02
.256
1.94
6.31
18 Johnny Cueto
J. Cueto
207
215
120
24
.833
207
1.40
1,136
17
8
0
1380.1
981
262
73
344
69
0
9
5,377
14
7.41
2.24
3.30
0.48
21.1
6.4
0.96
.242
1.71
6.40
19 Jake Peavy
J. Peavy
207
222
122
26
.824
207
1.43
1,340
13
6
0
1400.2
926
249
74
359
43
0
14
5,408
17
8.61
2.31
3.73
0.48
24.8
6.6
0.92
.237
1.60
5.95
20 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
205
230
127
26
.830
205
1.56
1,556
8
5
0
1324.0
897
266
86
298
38
0
2
5,090
32
10.58
2.03
5.22
0.58
30.6
5.9
0.90
.261
1.81
6.10
21 Roy Halladay
R. Halladay
205
224
147
21
.875
205
1.32
1,183
52
19
0
1525.1
1,142
275
46
229
42
0
6
5,849
19
6.98
1.35
5.17
0.27
20.2
3.9
0.90
.252
1.62
6.74
22 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
204
202
118
20
.855
204
1.43
1,267
4
2
0
1269.0
884
250
73
400
47
0
10
5,034
29
8.99
2.84
3.17
0.52
25.2
7.9
1.01
.250
1.77
6.27
23 Dan Haren
D. Haren
202
244
113
31
.785
202
1.59
1,156
15
6
0
1377.2
974
297
86
259
34
0
11
5,319
50
7.55
1.69
4.46
0.56
21.7
4.9
0.89
.235
1.94
6.36
24 Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
201
224
94
33
.740
201
1.64
1,073
2
2
0
1228.0
967
267
56
344
24
0
12
4,874
44
7.86
2.52
3.12
0.41
22.0
7.1
1.07
.270
1.96
7.09
25 Gio Gonzalez
G. Gonzalez
197
200
113
20
.850
197
1.46
1,146
2
2
0
1229.2
850
234
53
440
20
0
9
4,892
35
8.39
3.22
2.60
0.39
23.4
9.0
1.05
.247
1.71
6.22
StatMuse has game-level data for earned runs going back to the 1923 season.
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HR

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R

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SO

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
29
15
.659
Guardians Guardians
25
18
.581
3.5
Royals Royals
25
20
.556
4.5
Twins Twins
23
20
.535
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White Sox White Sox
14
29
.326
14.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/16
STL STL
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
5/17
STL STL
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
5/18
STL STL
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
5/19
KCR KCR
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM
Tue
5/20
KCR KCR
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM
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HOU Astros

22 - 20

4

Final

3

KCR Royals

25 - 20

Wed 14 May 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
25
18
.581
Blue Jays Blue Jays
21
21
.500
3.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
29
15
.659
Guardians Guardians
25
18
.581
3.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
23
19
.548
Athletics Athletics
22
20
.524
1.0
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
28
16
.636
Phillies Phillies
25
18
.581
2.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
25
19
.568
Cardinals Cardinals
24
20
.545
1.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
27
15
.643
Padres Padres
27
15
.643

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/29
DET DET
@
HOU HOU
7-4
Tue
4/29
ATL ATL
@
COL COL
1-2
Tue
4/29
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
3-5
Tue
4/29
LAA LAA
@
SEA SEA
3-9
Tue
4/29
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
4-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/15
WSH WSH
@
ATL ATL
12:15 PM
Thu
5/15
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
12:35 PM
Thu
5/15
CWS CWS
@
CIN CIN
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Thu
5/15
TBR TBR
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TOR TOR
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Thu
5/15
HOU HOU
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TEX TEX
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