most hits given up by a pitcher in a game with less than 1 earned run and less than 5 runs scored

Howard Ehmke has given up the most hits in a game with fewer than 1 earned run and fewer than 5 runs allowed, with 17 hits versus the White Sox on September 2, 1919.

Interpreted as:
most hits given up by a pitcher in a regular-season game with less than 1 earned run and less than 5 runs scored
NAMEHERRDATETMOPPDECGSERASOCGSHOSVIPHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
17
0
3
9/2/1919
vs
W
1
0.00
3
1
0
0
16.0
0
7
0
0
70
1
2Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
15
0
3
5/21/1928
vs
W
1
0.00
2
1
0
0
13.0
0
2
0
0
57
0
3Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
15
0
0
7/3/1913
@
W
1
0.00
4
1
1
0
15.0
0
1
0
0
57
0
4Jack Chesbro
J. Chesbro
15
0
0
7/10/1901
vs
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
12.0
0
0
0
0
45
0
5Milt Gaston
M. Gaston
14
0
0
7/10/1928
vs
W
1
0.00
2
1
1
0
9.0
0
2
0
0
41
0
6Jesse Haines
J. Haines
14
0
1
9/26/1927
@
W
1
0.00
2
1
0
0
13.0
0
0
0
0
49
0
7Ernie Koob
E. Koob
14
0
0
7/14/1916
@
1
0.00
3
1
1
0
17.0
0
3
2
0
69
0
8Larry Cheney
L. Cheney
14
0
0
9/14/1913
vs
W
1
0.00
4
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
38
0
9Red Donahue
R. Donahue
14
0
2
5/18/1902
@
1
0.00
2
1
0
0
17.0
0
5
0
0
73
0
10Scott Sanderson
S. Sanderson
13
0
2
9/4/1984
@
W
1
0.00
7
1
0
0
9.0
0
1
0
0
0
42
0
11Tommy John
T. John
13
0
0
9/14/1983
vs
1
0.00
6
0
0
0
13.0
0
0
0
0
0
47
0
12Ross Grimsley
R. Grimsley
13
0
1
6/18/1974
vs
W
1
0.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
39
1
13Mudcat Grant
M. Grant
13
0
0
7/15/1964
vs
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
0
1
0
0
0
39
0
14Les Mueller
L. Mueller
13
0
1
7/21/1945
@
1
0.00
6
0
0
0
19.2
0
5
0
0
74
0
15Hi Bithorn
H. Bithorn
13
0
4
7/19/1942
vs
W
1
0.00
7
1
0
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
38
0
16Bill Lee
B. Lee
13
0
0
9/17/1938
@
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
0
1
0
0
38
0
17Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
13
0
0
4/20/1937
@
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
10.0
0
2
0
0
44
0
18Jake Miller
J. Miller
13
0
1
8/20/1925
vs
L
1
0.00
2
1
0
0
12.0
0
3
0
0
50
0
19James Edwards
J. Edwards
13
0
1
10/4/1923
@
W
1
0.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
0
3
1
0
44
0
20Lefty Tyler
L. Tyler
13
0
1
7/17/1918
vs
W
1
0.00
8
1
0
0
21.0
0
1
0
0
77
0
21Art Fromme
A. Fromme
13
0
4
9/10/1912
@
W
1
0.00
3
1
0
0
9.0
0
3
0
0
41
1
22Cy Young
C. Young
13
0
1
6/21/1902
@
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
0
15.0
0
4
0
0
57
0
23Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
12
0
0
6/2/1998
@
W
1
0.00
3
1
1
0
9.0
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
24Bobby Jones
B. Jones
12
0
0
6/10/1996
vs
W
1
0.00
6
0
0
0
7.1
0
2
0
0
0
34
0
25Steve Avery
S. Avery
12
0
0
7/18/1993
vs
W
1
0.00
2
0
0
0
7.2
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for earned runs going back to the 1923 season.
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