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
314
293
195
32
.859
314
1.26
2,263
24
15
0
2099.1
1,339
343
104
431
26
0
16
7,934
78
9.70
1.85
5.25
0.45
28.5
5.4
0.84
.242
1.47
5.74
3 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
310
316
205
35
.854
310
1.33
2,198
23
9
0
2132.1
1,395
366
128
512
62
0
10
8,209
47
9.28
2.16
4.29
0.54
26.8
6.2
0.89
.239
1.54
5.89
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 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
213
221
118
28
.808
213
1.56
1,264
3
2
0
1277.1
900
274
59
406
102
0
7
5,093
33
8.91
2.86
3.11
0.42
24.8
8.0
1.02
.258
1.93
6.34
17 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
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 Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
204
227
95
33
.742
204
1.64
1,081
2
2
0
1244.0
979
270
56
355
24
0
12
4,944
44
7.82
2.57
3.05
0.41
21.9
7.2
1.07
.269
1.95
7.08
23 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
24 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
25 Chris Sale
C. Sale
201
205
113
27
.807
201
1.38
1,657
15
3
0
1340.1
866
242
73
268
77
0
5
5,121
21
11.13
1.80
6.18
0.49
32.4
5.2
0.85
.260
1.62
5.81
StatMuse has game-level data for earned runs going back to the 1923 season.
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2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
53
32
.624
Guardians Guardians
40
42
.488
11.5
Twins Twins
40
44
.476
12.5
Royals Royals
39
45
.464
13.5
White Sox White Sox
28
56
.333
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/30
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Tue
7/1
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Wed
7/2
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Thu
7/3
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
Fri
7/4
KCR KCR
@
AZ AZ
9:40 PM
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39 - 45

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Sun 29 Jun 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
49
35
.583
Mets Mets
48
37
.565
1.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
49
35
.583
Brewers Brewers
47
37
.560
2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
53
32
.624
Padres Padres
45
38
.542
7.0
AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
48
35
.578
Rays Rays
47
37
.560
1.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
53
32
.624
Guardians Guardians
40
42
.488
11.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
50
34
.595
Mariners Mariners
43
40
.518
6.5

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
6/14
CIN CIN
@
DET DET
8-4
Sat
6/14
NYY NYY
@
BOS BOS
0-2
Sat
6/14
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
4-11
Sat
6/14
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
2-11
Sat
6/14
TBR TBR
@
NYM NYM
9-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/30
SDP SDP
@
PHI PHI
6:30 PM
Mon
6/30
STL STL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Mon
6/30
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Mon
6/30
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Mon
6/30
ATH ATH
@
TBR TBR
7:35 PM