national league fewest runs allowed in a season 1910 to 1980

Between 1910 and 1980, 46 pitchers were tied for giving up the fewest runs in the NL in a season, with 0 runs. The first three are Bobby Sprowl in 1980 and in 1979 and Mike Anderson and Bill Gullickson in 1979.

	NAME	R	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Bobby Sprowl B. Sprowl	0	1980	HOU	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	27.00	9.00	3.00	0.00	60.0	20.0	2.00	1.000	0.00	0	-0.26	-7	9.00	0.4
2	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	0	1979	PHI	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	2.00	.667	0.00	0	-1.28	-33	18.00	0.6
3	Bill Gullickson B. Gullickson	0	1979	MON	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.500	0.00	0	2.72	74	18.00	0.1
4	Al Holland A. Holland	0	1979	SFG	3	0	0		0	0.00	7	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	29	0	9.00	6.43	1.40	0.00	24.1	17.2	1.14	.176	0.00	0	2.86	79	3.86	0.6
5	Mike Mendoza M. Mendoza	0	1979	HOU	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	2.72	77	0.00	0.1
6	Kim Seaman K. Seaman	0	1979	STL	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	0	13.50	9.00	1.50	0.00	37.5	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0	2.72	74	0.00	0.2
7	Bobby Sprowl B. Sprowl	0	1979	HOU	3	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	0	6.75	4.50	1.50	0.00	21.4	14.3	0.75	.111	0.00	0	2.72	77	2.25	0.4
8	Dan Boitano D. Boitano	0	1978	PHI	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0	5.57	155	0.00	-0.2
9	Terry Cornutt T. Cornutt	0	1978	SFG	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.33	.100	0.00	0	2.57	76	3.00	0.3
10	Mike Davey M. Davey	0	1978	ATL	3	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0.00	3.38	0.00	0.00	0.0	11.1	0.75	.125	0.00	0	3.70	97	3.38	0
11	Dennis Lewallyn D. Lewallyn	0	1978	LAD	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	1.00	.250	0.00	0	2.57	72	9.00	0.2
12	Sam Mejias S. Mejias	0	1978	MON	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	5.57	161	0.00	-0.2
13	Horacio Pina H. Pina	0	1978	PHI	2	0	0		0	0.00	4	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	15.43	0.00		0.00	57.1	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	-0.85	-24	0.00	1.1
14	Frank Riccelli F. Riccelli	0	1978	HOU	2	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	3.00	0.00		0.00	10.0	0.0	0.33	.111	0.00	0	1.91	57	3.00	0.5
15	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	0	1978	LAD	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	16.7	0.0	0.50	.200	0.00	0	1.57	44	4.50	0.4
16	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	0	1978	LAD	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	0	0.00	5.40	0.00	0.00	0.0	11.1	1.80	.286	0.00	0	6.17	173	10.80	-0.5
17	Tim Jones T. Jones	0	1977	PIT	3	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	5	0	0	0	10.0	4	0	0	3	0	2	0	37	0	4.50	2.70	1.67	0.00	13.5	8.1	0.70	.138	0.00	0	2.63	67	3.60	1.5
18	Dave Pagan D. Pagan	0	1977	PIT	1	0	0		0	0.00	4	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	12.00	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	0.33	.167	0.00	0	0.06	2	3.00	1.3
19	Bill Atkinson B. Atkinson	0	1976	MON	4	0	0		0	0.00	4	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	18	2	7.20	1.80	4.00	0.00	22.2	5.6	0.80	.231	0.00	0	1.63	46	5.40	1
20	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	0	1976	LAD	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	5.40	1.80	3.00	0.00	17.6	5.9	0.60	.154	0.00	0	2.03	58	3.60	0.8
21	Odell Jones O. Jones	0	1975	PIT	2	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	6.00	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	0.33	.125	0.00	0	1.24	35	3.00	0.8
22	Dennis Lewallyn D. Lewallyn	0	1975	LAD	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.33	.100	0.00	0	2.58	72	3.00	0.3
23	Jim Minshall J. Minshall	0	1975	PIT	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	18.00	18.00	1.00	0.00	40.0	40.0	2.00	.000	0.00	0	4.58	127	0.00	-0.1
24	Mac Scarce M. Scarce	0	1975	NYM	1	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0					0.0	0.0		1.000
25	John Strohmayer J. Strohmayer	0	1974	NYM	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0	5.57	157	0.00	-0.2

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