most starts with less than 3 runs allowed in single season

Ed Walsh has the most starts with fewer than 3 runs allowed in a season, with 34 starts in 1908.

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most starts by a player with less than 3 runs allowed in single season

	NAME	GS	R	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	34	37	1908	CWS	49	35	5	.875		199	33	11	6	333.0	208		0	35	6	15		1,233	6	5.38	0.95	5.69	0.00	16.1	2.8	0.73	.209	1.00	5.62
2	Dave Davenport D. Davenport	31	40	1915	SLF	38	20	6	.769	1.18	153	25	10	1	281.1	181	37	2	53	2	5			4	4.89	1.70	2.89	0.06		6.5	0.83	.294	1.28	5.79
3	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	31	30	1908	NYG	43	33	3	.917		214	28	11	3	301.0	175		3	24	3	10		1,099	0	6.40	0.72	8.92	0.09	19.5	2.2	0.66	.201	0.90	5.23
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	30	34	1966	LAD	30	24	3	.889	1.08	267	24	5	0	259.1	176	31	11	57	0	0	3	994	6	9.27	1.98	4.68	0.38	26.9	5.7	0.90	.250	1.18	6.11
5	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	30	22	1916	PHN	33	27	3	.900	0.65	120	30	16	3	275.2	191	20	1	27	4	3		1,005	2	3.92	0.88	4.44	0.03	11.9	2.7	0.79	.223	0.72	6.24
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	29	22	1963	LAD	29	23	1	.958	0.71	233	19	11	0	253.2	137	20	5	43	3	0	4	942	4	8.27	1.53	5.42	0.18	24.7	4.6	0.71	.201	0.78	4.86
7	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	28	34	1920	CHC	34	24	5	.828	0.84	123	26	7	5	267.1	223	25	3	40	0	6		1,023	2	4.14	1.35	3.08	0.10	12.0	3.9	0.98	.257	1.14	7.51
8	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	28	28	1916	BSA	31	21	2	.913	0.83	129	18	9	1	238.1	143	22	0	79	7	3		925	3	4.87	2.98	1.63	0.00	13.9	8.5	0.93	.201	1.06	5.40
9	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	28	23	1913	WSH	40	33	2	.943	0.42	204	22	11	2	280.2	159	13	3	33	6	11		1,014	1	6.54	1.06	6.18	0.10	20.1	3.3	0.68	.203	0.74	5.10
10	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	28	33	1908	CHC	37	23	1	.958		100	19	7	1	233.0	151		2	77	7	8		904	3	3.86	2.97	1.30	0.08	11.1	8.5	0.98	.208	1.27	5.83
11	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	28	32	1904	NYH	31	30	1	.968	0.82	144	28	6	0	264.2	157	24	3	40	2	3			2	4.90	1.36	3.60	0.10		4.2	0.74	.201	1.09	5.34
12	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	28	27	1904	NYG	30	26	2	.929		140	19	4	0	227.0	151		4	50	3	2		866	2	5.55	1.98	2.80	0.16	16.2	5.8	0.89	.220	1.07	5.99
13	Ryne Stanek R. Stanek	27	17	2018	TBR	57	2	2	.500	2.27	78	0	0	0	63.1	41	16	5	24	1	10	1	248	5	11.08	3.41	3.25	0.71	31.5	9.7	1.03	.257	2.42	5.83
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	27	24	2018	TBR	27	21	1	.955	1.14	203	0	0	0	166.0	92	21	9	52	1	0	2	624	9	11.01	2.82	3.90	0.49	32.5	8.3	0.87	.231	1.30	4.99
15	Mike Scott M. Scott	27	34	1986	HOU	27	16	4	.800	1.29	232	6	5	0	209.1	121	30	9	51	1	0	4	786	3	9.97	2.19	4.55	0.39	29.5	6.5	0.82	.227	1.46	5.20
16	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	27	24	1985	NYM	27	20	3	.870	0.90	218	14	8	0	220.1	144	22	6	56	1	0	4	833	3	8.90	2.29	3.89	0.25	26.2	6.7	0.91	.250	0.98	5.88
17	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	27	28	1972	CWS	27	19	5	.792	0.95	114	17	8	0	228.1	156	24	10	32	3	0	2	848	3	4.49	1.26	3.56	0.39	13.4	3.8	0.82	.212	1.10	6.15
18	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	27	33	1971	NYM	28	20	5	.800	1.17	243	20	4	0	231.1	152	30	10	42	2	1	1	864	3	9.45	1.63	5.79	0.39	28.1	4.9	0.84	.250	1.28	5.91
19	Denny McLain D. McLain	27	31	1968	DET	27	22	3	.880	1.01	195	21	6	0	232.0	146	26	12	43	4	0	0	869	2	7.56	1.67	4.53	0.47	22.4	4.9	0.81	.218	1.20	5.66
20	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	27	32	1966	PHI	29	17	6	.739	1.13	185	14	5	1	230.0	164	29	8	35	12	2	6	883	4	7.24	1.37	5.29	0.31	21.0	4.0	0.87	.243	1.25	6.42
21	Dean Chance D. Chance	27	24	1964	LAA	37	19	6	.760	0.82	177	15	11	4	231.0	136	21	5	67	2	7	8	881	6	6.90	2.61	2.64	0.19	20.1	7.6	0.88	.208	0.94	5.30
22	Bob Feller B. Feller	27	26	1946	CLE	32	23	3	.885	0.91	231	25	10	3	247.0	148	25	5	85	2	4		951	3	8.42	3.10	2.72	0.18	24.3	8.9	0.94	.228	0.95	5.39
23	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	27	26	1915	PHN	34	23	4	.852	0.51	154	25	12	4	248.1	128	14	2	39	3	7		908	1	5.58	1.41	3.95	0.07	17.0	4.3	0.67	.177	0.94	4.64
24	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	27	31	1915	WSH	35	24	4	.857	0.86	146	25	7	4	239.2	156	23	0	36	13	8		897	5	5.48	1.35	4.06	0.00	16.3	4.0	0.80	.222	1.16	5.86
25	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	27	28	1914	WSH	36	25	8	.758	0.72	162	23	9	1	262.2	168	21	2	49	7	8		975	10	5.55	1.68	3.31	0.07	16.6	5.0	0.83	.220	0.96	5.76

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