most hits allowed in a game with less than 3 earned runs

5 pitchers are tied for giving up the most hits in a game with fewer than 3 earned runs, with 19 hits. The first three are Hal Carlson on July 8, 1924, Walter Johnson on August 28, 1919 and Milt Watson on July 17, 1918.

Interpreted as:

most hits allowed by a player in a regular-season game with less than 3 earned runs

	NAME	H	ER	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Hal Carlson H. Carlson	19	2	7/8/1924	PHN	@	CIN	L	1	1.20	4	1	0	0	15.0	2	0	5	1	0		66	0
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	19	2	8/28/1919	WSH	@	NYY	L	1	1.32	5	1	0	0	13.2	5	0	2	2	0		60	0
3	Milt Watson M. Watson	19	2	7/17/1918	PHN	@	CHC	L	1	0.90	5	1	0	0	20.0	2	0	4	1	0		82	0
4	Ed Siever E. Siever	19	0	7/5/1904	SLA	@	CLE	L	1	0.00	1	1	0	0	8.0	14	1	0	0	0		43	0
5	Frank Kitson F. Kitson	19	2	5/3/1904	DET	vs	CLE	L	1	2.00	5	1	0	0	9.0	10	0	2	0	0		45	1
6	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	18	2	5/17/1921	BKN	vs	SLN	W	1	2.00	3	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	0	0		44	1
7	Ed Murphy E. Murphy	18	2	8/20/1901	STL	vs	PIT	L	1	3.00	0	0	0	0	6.0	11	0	0	0	0			0
8	Howard Ehmke H. Ehmke	17	0	9/2/1919	DET	vs	CWS	W	1	0.00	3	1	0	0	16.0	3	0	7	0	0		70	1
9	Elmer Jacobs E. Jacobs	17	1	8/22/1917	PIT	@	BKN	L	0	0.54	1	0	0	0	16.2	1	0	3	0	1		66	0
10	Bob Grim B. Grim	16	2	4/26/1959	KCA	vs	DET	W	1	2.08	5	0	0	0	8.2	3	0	3	0	0	0	43	0
11	Bucky Walters B. Walters	16	1	7/22/1945	CIN	vs	NYG	W	1	0.69	4	1	0	0	13.0	1	0	2	1	0		53	0
12	Ed Linke E. Linke	16	2	9/11/1935	WSH	vs	DET	W	1	1.50	2	1	0	0	12.0	3	0	3	0	0		55	0
13	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	16	2	9/22/1925	BKN	@	CHC	L	1	1.64	2	1	0	0	11.0	3	0	7	0	0		55	0
14	Red Faber R. Faber	16	1	7/21/1921	CWS	vs	PHA	W	1	0.64	6	1	0	0	14.0	1	0	0	0	0		54	0
15	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	16	1	10/1/1920	CHC	vs	SLN	W	1	0.53	8	1	0	0	17.0	2	0	3	0	0		69	0
16	Claude Hendrix C. Hendrix	16	2	9/12/1919	CHC	vs	BKN	L	1	2.00	2	1	0	0	9.0	5	0	3	0	0		42	0
17	Hal Carlson H. Carlson	16	2	8/15/1919	PIT	@	BSN	L	1	1.26	4	1	0	0	14.1	3	0	5	0	0		61	0
18	Dummy Taylor D. Taylor	16	2	8/14/1901	NYG	vs	BSN	L	1	2.00	3	1	0	0	9.0	8	0	3	0	0		42	0
19	Frank Kitson F. Kitson	16	2	7/4/1901	BKN	@	CHO	L	1	2.25	2	1	0	0	8.0	5	0	0	0	0		39	0
20	Mark Mulder M. Mulder	15	2	7/5/2000	OAK	@	TEX	L	1	2.70	7	0	0	0	6.2	9	0	3	0	0	1	38	0
21	John Dopson J. Dopson	15	2	7/3/1988	MON	vs	ATL	W	1	2.08	3	0	0	0	8.2	2	0	1	0	0	0	39	0
22	Bill Wight B. Wight	15	1	8/20/1952	DET	@	PHA	L	1	1.17	2	0	0	0	7.2	4	0	2	0	0	0	38	0
23	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	15	2	8/6/1944	CWS	vs	DET		0	2.08	4	0	0	0	8.2	5	0	0	0	1		38	0
24	Whit Wyatt W. Wyatt	15	2	6/27/1939	BKN	@	BSN		1	1.13	5	0	0	0	16.0	2	0	2	0	0		66	0
25	Harry Kelley H. Kelley	15	2	7/31/1937	PHA	vs	CWS	L	1	2.00	3	1	0	0	9.0	2	0	3	0	0		44	0