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 allowed the most hits in a game with fewer than 1 earned run and fewer than 5 runs allowed, with 17 hits against 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

	NAME	H	ER	R	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Howard Ehmke H. Ehmke	17	0	3	9/2/1919	DET	vs	CWS	W	1	0.00	3	1	0	0	16.0	0	7	0	0		70	1
2	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	15	0	3	5/21/1928	PHA	vs	WSH	W	1	0.00	2	1	0	0	13.0	0	2	0	0		57	0
3	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	15	0	0	7/3/1913	WSH	@	BSA	W	1	0.00	4	1	1	0	15.0	0	1	0	0		57	0
4	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	15	0	0	7/10/1901	PIT	vs	BSN	W	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	12.0	0	0	0	0		45	0
5	Milt Gaston M. Gaston	14	0	0	7/10/1928	WSH	vs	CLE	W	1	0.00	2	1	1	0	9.0	0	2	0	0		41	0
6	Jesse Haines J. Haines	14	0	1	9/26/1927	SLN	@	CIN	W	1	0.00	2	1	0	0	13.0	0	0	0	0		49	0
7	Ernie Koob E. Koob	14	0	0	7/14/1916	SLA	@	BSA		1	0.00	3	1	1	0	17.0	0	3	2	0		69	0
8	Larry Cheney L. Cheney	14	0	0	9/14/1913	CHC	vs	NYG	W	1	0.00	4	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0		38	0
9	Red Donahue R. Donahue	14	0	2	5/18/1902	SLA	@	CWS		1	0.00	2	1	0	0	17.0	0	5	0	0		73	0
10	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	13	0	2	9/4/1984	CHC	@	PHI	W	1	0.00	7	1	0	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0
11	Tommy John T. John	13	0	0	9/14/1983	CAL	vs	KCR		1	0.00	6	0	0	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0	47	0
12	Ross Grimsley R. Grimsley	13	0	1	6/18/1974	BAL	vs	MIN	W	1	0.00	4	1	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	39	1
13	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	13	0	0	7/15/1964	MIN	vs	WSH	W	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	0	39	0
14	Les Mueller L. Mueller	13	0	1	7/21/1945	DET	@	PHA		1	0.00	6	0	0	0	19.2	0	5	0	0		74	0
15	Hi Bithorn H. Bithorn	13	0	4	7/19/1942	CHC	vs	PHN	W	1	0.00	7	1	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0		38	0
16	Bill Lee B. Lee	13	0	0	9/17/1938	CHC	@	NYG	W	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	9.0	0	1	0	0		38	0
17	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	13	0	0	4/20/1937	SLN	@	CIN	W	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	10.0	0	2	0	0		44	0
18	Jake Miller J. Miller	13	0	1	8/20/1925	CLE	vs	WSH	L	1	0.00	2	1	0	0	12.0	0	3	0	0		50	0
19	James Edwards J. Edwards	13	0	1	10/4/1923	CLE	@	SLA	W	1	0.00	4	1	0	0	9.0	0	3	1	0		44	0
20	Lefty Tyler L. Tyler	13	0	1	7/17/1918	CHC	vs	PHN	W	1	0.00	8	1	0	0	21.0	0	1	0	0		77	0
21	Art Fromme A. Fromme	13	0	4	9/10/1912	CIN	@	BKN	W	1	0.00	3	1	0	0	9.0	0	3	0	0		41	1
22	Cy Young C. Young	13	0	1	6/21/1902	BSA	@	DET	W	1	0.00	5	1	0	0	15.0	0	4	0	0		57	0
23	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	12	0	0	6/2/1998	ATL	@	MIL	W	1	0.00	3	1	1	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	0	36	0
24	Bobby Jones B. Jones	12	0	0	6/10/1996	NYM	vs	ATL	W	1	0.00	6	0	0	0	7.1	0	2	0	0	0	34	0
25	Steve Avery S. Avery	12	0	0	7/18/1993	ATL	vs	PIT	W	1	0.00	2	0	0	0	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	32	0