pitcher with most games pitching 5 innings and allowing less than two earned runs in a season by a pitcher

Sandy Koufax has the most games pitched with 5.0+ innings pitched and fewer than 2 earned runs in a season, with 25 games in 1963.

Interpreted as:
pitcher with most games pitching 5 or more innings and allowing less than two earned runs in a season by a pitcher
NAME G IP ER SEASON TM 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 H/9
1 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
25
215.2
12
1963
LAD LAD
19
1
.950
25
0.50
199
16
11
0
106
14
4
37
3
0
4
792
4
8.30
1.54
5.38
0.17
25.1
4.7
0.66
.186
0.58
4.42
2 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
24
218.2
9
1968
STL STL
20
3
.870
24
0.37
183
22
13
0
116
11
1
40
3
0
4
796
3
7.53
1.65
4.58
0.04
23.0
5.0
0.71
.202
0.45
4.77
3 Wilbur Wood
W. Wood
23
197.1
14
1972
CWS CWS
16
4
.800
23
0.64
111
16
8
0
128
22
8
29
3
0
2
737
1
5.06
1.32
3.83
0.36
15.1
3.9
0.80
.205
1.00
5.84
4 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
23
200.0
16
1966
LAD LAD
20
1
.952
23
0.72
209
19
5
0
124
21
5
47
0
0
2
757
3
9.40
2.12
4.45
0.23
27.6
6.2
0.86
.240
0.95
5.58
5 Dean Chance
D. Chance
23
192.2
8
1964
LAA LAA
16
4
.800
22
0.37
152
14
11
0
100
10
3
50
1
1
6
720
4
7.10
2.34
3.04
0.14
21.1
6.9
0.78
.189
0.47
4.67
6 Blake Snell
B. Snell
22
136.0
12
2018
TBR TBR
18
1
.947
22
0.79
170
0
0
0
70
15
6
45
1
0
2
510
7
11.25
2.98
3.78
0.40
33.3
8.8
0.85
.222
0.99
4.63
7 Mike Torrez
M. Torrez
22
178.2
13
1976
OAK OAK
15
2
.882
22
0.65
74
11
4
0
121
26
2
49
4
0
0
689
5
3.73
2.47
1.51
0.10
10.7
7.1
0.95
.213
1.31
6.10
8 Julio Urías
J. Urías
21
122.2
12
2022
LAD LAD
14
2
.875
21
0.88
120
0
0
0
69
15
8
33
2
0
0
467
0
8.80
2.42
3.64
0.59
25.7
7.1
0.83
.201
1.10
5.06
9 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
21
128.0
10
2022
CWS CWS
14
2
.875
21
0.70
158
1
1
0
72
12
5
46
3
0
1
495
5
11.11
3.23
3.43
0.35
31.9
9.3
0.92
.237
0.84
5.06
10 Jon Lester
J. Lester
21
148.2
13
2016
CHC CHC
16
2
.889
21
0.79
141
2
0
0
93
15
7
27
2
0
0
550
1
8.54
1.63
5.22
0.42
25.6
4.9
0.81
.231
0.91
5.63
11 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
21
156.2
9
2015
CHC CHC
18
1
.947
21
0.52
163
4
3
0
74
11
1
23
5
0
0
560
3
9.36
1.32
7.09
0.06
29.1
4.1
0.62
.198
0.63
4.25
12 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
21
148.0
9
2015
LAD LAD
13
1
.929
21
0.55
143
0
0
0
85
10
5
24
2
0
0
546
3
8.70
1.46
5.96
0.30
26.2
4.4
0.74
.215
0.61
5.17
13 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
21
168.0
10
1997
TOR TOR
17
1
.944
21
0.54
192
8
3
0
97
12
2
42
6
0
1
634
2
10.29
2.25
4.57
0.11
30.3
6.6
0.83
.242
0.64
5.20
14 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
21
174.0
10
1978
NYY NYY
17
1
.944
21
0.52
166
14
9
0
89
15
2
47
1
0
0
646
4
8.59
2.43
3.53
0.10
25.7
7.3
0.78
.202
0.78
4.60
15 Andy Messersmith
A. Messersmith
21
180.0
12
1975
LAD LAD
15
3
.833
21
0.60
128
15
7
0
110
17
3
53
3
0
0
689
3
6.40
2.65
2.42
0.15
18.6
7.7
0.91
.213
0.85
5.50
16 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
21
187.0
9
1972
PHI PHI
19
1
.950
21
0.43
167
19
8
0
116
15
3
33
1
0
2
694
5
8.04
1.59
5.06
0.14
24.1
4.8
0.80
.231
0.72
5.58
17 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
21
169.1
14
1968
CLE CLE
11
6
.647
21
0.74
186
9
3
0
93
26
6
62
7
0
7
667
5
9.89
3.30
3.00
0.32
27.9
9.3
0.92
.214
1.38
4.94
18 Don Drysdale
D. Drysdale
21
186.1
11
1964
LAD LAD
13
6
.684
21
0.53
141
17
5
0
119
20
5
35
5
0
6
707
3
6.81
1.69
4.03
0.24
19.9
5.0
0.83
.219
0.97
5.75
19 Bob Feller
B. Feller
21
185.2
9
1946
CLE CLE
16
4
.800
21
0.44
166
19
10
0
99
14
1
74
1
0
711
1
8.05
3.59
2.24
0.05
23.3
10.4
0.93
.209
0.68
4.80
20 Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
20
124.2
6
2025
PIT PIT
10
2
.833
20
0.43
145
1
0
0
78
10
2
15
6
0
0
464
0
10.47
1.08
9.67
0.14
31.3
3.2
0.75
.257
0.72
5.63
21 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
136.1
9
2005
HOU HOU
11
1
.917
20
0.59
128
0
0
0
80
13
4
37
2
0
2
518
1
8.45
2.44
3.46
0.26
24.7
7.1
0.86
.219
0.86
5.28
22 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
20
173.2
7
1972
CAL CAL
15
5
.750
20
0.36
200
15
9
0
74
12
3
86
2
0
2
664
9
10.36
4.46
2.33
0.16
30.1
13.0
0.92
.190
0.62
3.83
23 Don Sutton
D. Sutton
20
171.2
8
1972
LAD LAD
15
2
.882
20
0.42
133
12
9
0
90
15
2
34
1
0
0
628
4
6.97
1.78
3.91
0.10
21.2
5.4
0.72
.192
0.79
4.72
24 Wilbur Wood
W. Wood
20
171.0
8
1971
CWS CWS
15
2
.882
20
0.42
102
13
7
0
115
20
6
34
3
0
0
652
3
5.37
1.79
3.00
0.32
15.6
5.2
0.87
.215
1.05
6.05
25 Vida Blue
V. Blue
20
170.0
7
1971
OAK OAK
16
2
.889
20
0.37
168
16
8
0
82
9
0
40
2
0
0
620
5
8.89
2.12
4.20
0.00
27.1
6.5
0.72
.200
0.48
4.34
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69
.574
Padres Padres
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.556
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Mon
10/6
LAD LAD
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PHI PHI
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Wed
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PHI PHI
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LAD LAD
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66
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79
.512
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92
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68
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
9/14
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WSH WSH
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Sun
9/14
BAL BAL
@
CWS CWS
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Sun
9/14
NYY NYY
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MIN MIN
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Sun
9/14
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STL STL
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
LAD LAD
@
PHI PHI
6:08 PM
Mon
10/6
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
9:08 PM
Tue
10/7
SEA SEA
@
DET DET
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NYY NYY
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