most innings pitched in a season with less than 9 earned runs allowed prior to 2015

Before 2015, Chris Hammond pitched the most innings with fewer than 9 earned runs in a season, with 76 innings in 2002.

Interpreted as:

most innings pitched by a player in a season with less than 9 earned runs allowed prior to 2015

	NAME	IP	ER	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Hammond C. Hammond	76.0	8	2002	ATL	63	7	2	.778	0	0.95	63	0	0	0	53	15	1	31	1	6	9	311	1	7.46	3.67	2.03	0.12	20.3	10.0	1.11	.242	1.78	23	2.73	65	6.28	12.3
2	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	74.2	5	2012	TBR	76	2	2	.500	0	0.60	76	0	0	48	43	9	2	15	3	65	1	282	4	9.16	1.81	5.07	0.24	27.0	5.3	0.78	.220	1.08	16	2.12	52	5.18	16.2
3	Eric O'Flaherty E. O'Flaherty	73.2	8	2011	ATL	78	2	4	.333	0	0.98	67	0	0	0	59	9	2	21	3	5	8	301	1	8.19	2.57	3.19	0.24	22.3	7.0	1.09	.274	1.10	26	2.53	67	7.21	10.3
4	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	73.1	5	1990	OAK	63	4	2	.667	0	0.61	73	0	0	48	41	9	2	4	0	61	1	262	0	8.96	0.49	18.25	0.25	27.9	1.5	0.61	.213	1.10	17	1.33	35	5.03	20.6
5	Wade Davis W. Davis	72.0	8	2014	KCR	71	9	2	.818	0	1.00	109	0	0	3	38	8	0	23	3	11	0	279	1	13.63	2.88	4.74	0.00	39.1	8.2	0.85	.264	1.00	25	1.18	32	4.75	20.7
6	Dale Murray D. Murray	69.2	8	1974	MON	32	1	1	.500	0	1.03	31	0	0	10	46	12	1	23	0	23	2	271	1	4.00	2.97	1.35	0.13	11.4	8.5	0.99	.208	1.55	27	2.86	78	5.94	6.1
7	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	68.1	7	2006	BOS	59	4	2	.667	0	0.92	75	0	0	35	40	8	3	13	1	49	2	257	2	9.88	1.71	5.77	0.40	29.2	5.1	0.78	.224	1.05	20	2.13	48	5.27	17.7
8	David Robertson D. Robertson	66.2	8	2011	NYY	70	4	0	1.000	0	1.08	100	0	0	1	40	9	1	35	1	8	6	272	6	13.50	4.72	2.86	0.14	36.8	12.9	1.13	.289	1.21	26	1.83	44	5.40	17
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	64.1	8	2003	ATL	62	0	2	.000	0	1.12	73	0	0	45	48	9	2	8	0	55	1	244	2	10.21	1.12	9.13	0.28	29.9	3.3	0.87	.286	1.26	26	1.53	36	6.72	19.9
10	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	64.0	8	1995	CLE	62	3	0	1.000	0	1.13	58	0	0	46	49	9	3	17	0	57	2	250	5	8.16	2.39	3.41	0.42	23.2	6.8	1.03	.267	1.27	24	2.69	58	6.89	13.9
11	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	62.2	7	2012	ATL	63	3	1	.750	0	1.01	116	0	0	42	27	7	3	14	2	56	0	231	5	16.66	2.01	8.29	0.43	50.2	6.1	0.65	.250	1.01	26	0.77	20	3.88	21.6
12	Hung-Chih Kuo H. Kuo	60.0	8	2010	LAD	56	3	2	.600	0	1.20	73	0	0	12	29	8	1	18	1	16	0	229	3	10.95	2.70	4.06	0.15	31.9	7.9	0.78	.206	1.20	31	1.80	46	4.35	14.3
13	Brad Ziegler B. Ziegler	59.2	7	2008	OAK	47	3	0	1.000	0	1.06	30	0	0	11	47	8	2	22	1	21	3	229	0	4.53	3.32	1.36	0.30	13.1	9.6	1.16	.259	1.21	25	3.71	88	7.09	3.5
14	Neal Cotts N. Cotts	57.0	7	2013	TEX	58	8	3	.727	0	1.11	65	0	0	1	36	8	2	18	0	6	1	223	3	10.26	2.84	3.61	0.32	29.1	8.1	0.95	.246	1.26	26	2.17	53	5.68	11.8
15	Drew Storen D. Storen	56.1	7	2014	WSH	65	2	1	.667	0	1.12	46	0	0	11	44	8	2	11	3	18	3	224	4	7.35	1.76	4.18	0.32	20.5	4.9	0.98	.259	1.28	31	2.70	74	7.03	6
16	Earl Hamilton E. Hamilton	54.0	5	1918	PIT	6	6	0	1.000	6	0.83	20	6	1	0	47	7	0	13	0	0		210	1	3.33	2.17	1.54	0.00	9.5	6.2	1.11	.266	1.17	30	2.21	80	7.83	3.3
17	Nick Maddox N. Maddox	54.0	5	1907	PIT	6	5	1	.833	6	0.83	38	6	1	0	32	8	0	13	4	0		197	1	6.33	2.17	2.92	0.00	19.3	6.6	0.83	.225	1.33	34	1.72	65	5.33	5.5
18	Scott Downs S. Downs	53.2	8	2011	LAA	60	6	3	.667	0	1.34	35	0	0	1	39	11	3	15	0	10	3	218	2	5.87	2.52	2.33	0.50	16.1	6.9	1.01	.218	1.84	34	3.28	83	6.54	4.1
19	Joey Eischen J. Eischen	53.2	8	2002	MON	59	6	1	.857	0	1.34	51	0	0	2	43	11	1	18	2	18	5	217	6	8.55	3.02	2.83	0.17	23.5	8.3	1.14	.290	1.84	32	2.41	56	7.21	10.9
20	Frank Williams F. Williams	52.1	7	1986	SFG	36	3	1	.750	0	1.20	33	0	0	1	35	8	0	21	4	12	4	194	1	5.68	3.61	1.57	0.00	17.0	10.8	1.07	.257	1.38	34	2.93	79	6.02	4.5
21	Bill Henry B. Henry	52.0	5	1964	CIN	37	2	2	.500	0	0.87	28	0	0	6	31	9	2	12	3	20	4	202	1	4.85	2.08	2.33	0.35	13.9	5.9	0.83	.185	1.56	24	2.89	82	5.37	3.6
22	Calvin Schiraldi C. Schiraldi	51.0	8	1986	BOS	25	4	2	.667	0	1.41	55	0	0	9	36	8	5	15	1	21	2	198	1	9.71	2.65	3.67	0.88	27.8	7.6	1.00	.254	1.41	33	2.82	69	6.35	7.2
23	Cla Meredith C. Meredith	50.2	6	2006	SDP	45	5	1	.833	0	1.07	37	0	0	0	30	6	3	6	2	11	3	185	0	6.57	1.07	6.17	0.53	20.0	3.2	0.71	.197	1.07	26	2.92	67	5.33	8.2
24	Dennys Reyes D. Reyes	50.2	5	2006	MIN	66	5	0	1.000	0	0.89	49	0	0	0	35	8	3	15	0	8	2	194	4	8.70	2.66	3.27	0.53	25.3	7.7	0.99	.252	1.42	20	2.86	65	6.22	8.7
25	Rob Murphy R. Murphy	50.1	4	1986	CIN	34	6	0	1.000	0	0.72	36	0	0	1	26	4	0	21	0	12	2	195	5	6.44	3.75	1.71	0.00	18.5	10.8	0.93	.188	0.72	19	2.58	67	4.65	7