what pitcher has the most games allowing 2 or fewer runs

Greg Maddux and Joe Niekro threw in 400 games.

Interpreted as:

What pitcher has the most regular-season games allowing 2 or fewer runs?

	NAME	G	R	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	H/9
1	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	400	458	269	38	.876	398	1.30	1,994	93	35	0	2919.0	2,079	421	92	456	60	1	67	11,041	29	6.15	1.41	4.37	0.28	18.1	4.1	0.87	.235	1.41	6.41
2	Charlie Hough C. Hough	555	448	153	62	.712	177	1.63	1,351	69	13	60	2098.0	1,373	380	83	825	74	227	27	8,358	78	5.80	3.54	1.64	0.36	16.2	9.9	1.05	.214	1.92	5.89
3	Don Sutton D. Sutton	393	444	249	50	.833	376	1.20	1,999	140	58	5	2953.2	1,959	393	118	629	27	12	42	11,262	44	6.09	1.92	3.18	0.36	17.7	5.6	0.88	.217	1.35	5.97
4	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	980	444	136	83	.621	25	1.64	1,401	15	5	228	1937.2	1,309	354	87	647	50	632	54	7,650	74	6.51	3.01	2.17	0.40	18.3	8.5	1.01	.224	2.06	6.08
5	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	505	427	198	50	.798	252	1.43	1,307	134	31	17	2333.2	1,843	372	103	443	44	96	53	9,110	53	5.04	1.71	2.95	0.40	14.3	4.9	0.98	.241	1.65	7.11
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	415	425	252	54	.824	384	1.11	3,236	153	61	3	2952.1	1,523	363	61	1,299	64	12	18	11,453	101	9.86	3.96	2.49	0.19	28.3	11.3	0.96	.215	1.30	4.64
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	436	422	226	53	.810	306	1.25	1,661	158	45	29	2668.1	1,882	372	105	729	44	81	31	10,381	81	5.60	2.46	2.28	0.35	16.0	7.0	0.98	.227	1.42	6.35
8	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	854	418	134	65	.673	24	1.91	1,165	15	2	172	1737.1	1,402	368	87	444	12	551	106	6,894	84	6.04	2.30	2.62	0.45	16.9	6.4	1.06	.254	2.17	7.26
9	Tommy John T. John	387	417	209	42	.833	330	1.28	1,287	121	46	3	2579.0	1,983	367	86	570	38	21	39	9,976	71	4.49	1.99	2.26	0.30	12.9	5.7	0.99	.237	1.46	6.92
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	389	414	279	32	.897	387	1.17	2,817	93	46	0	2891.2	1,844	375	94	778	62	0	21	11,115	58	8.77	2.42	3.62	0.29	25.3	7.0	0.91	.238	1.29	5.74
11	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	379	413	258	53	.830	302	1.18	1,396	266	63	28	2789.0	1,927	366	117	634	16	64	21	10,676	25	4.50	2.05	2.20	0.38	13.1	5.9	0.92	.213	1.33	6.22
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	383	402	227	52	.814	310	1.15	1,829	198	53	10	2753.2	1,873	353	89	606	45	29	72	10,512	55	5.98	1.98	3.02	0.29	17.4	5.8	0.90	.225	1.31	6.12
13	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	466	402	317	79	.801	346	0.57	2,132	306	108	32	3376.2	2,122		17	652	98	114		12,630	70	5.68	1.74	3.27	0.05	16.9	5.2	0.82	.216	1.07	5.66
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	338	391	216	34	.864	338	1.34	1,448	48	25	0	2383.2	1,724	354	102	651	30	0	43	9,280	18	5.47	2.46	2.22	0.39	15.6	7.0	1.00	.230	1.48	6.51
15	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	356	378	167	39	.811	243	1.44	1,133	95	30	8	2106.1	1,506	336	95	516	44	50	25	8,146	37	4.84	2.20	2.20	0.41	13.9	6.3	0.96	.222	1.62	6.43
16	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	341	376	236	49	.828	332	1.13	2,161	185	61	1	2728.2	1,731	344	98	657	36	6	49	10,365	54	7.13	2.17	3.29	0.32	20.8	6.3	0.88	.220	1.24	5.71
17	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	342	372	231	43	.843	315	1.14	2,103	178	55	2	2630.1	1,751	332	80	754	25	12	46	10,117	81	7.20	2.58	2.79	0.27	20.8	7.5	0.95	.234	1.27	5.99
18	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	840	370	152	39	.796	157	1.57	1,560	65	20	390	1974.2	1,392	344	115	359	40	564	43	7,583	19	7.11	1.64	4.35	0.52	20.6	4.7	0.89	.232	1.69	6.34
19	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	926	364	122	67	.646	14	1.88	1,335	10	0	309	1572.1	1,137	329	69	580	39	659	78	6,297	47	7.64	3.32	2.30	0.39	21.2	9.2	1.09	.250	2.08	6.51
20	Gene Garber G. Garber	852	363	92	73	.558	1	2.12	845	1	0	217	1333.1	1,122	314	69	365	28	586	135	5,374	24	5.70	2.46	2.32	0.47	15.7	6.8	1.12	.259	2.45	7.57
21	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	318	359	180	36	.833	269	1.53	1,198	28	10	0	1965.2	1,447	334	95	472	66	14	18	7,686	20	5.49	2.16	2.54	0.43	15.6	6.1	0.98	.231	1.64	6.63
22	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	1,002	358	91	68	.572	0	2.05	742	0	0	183	1354.1	1,129	308	45	437	16	611	159	5,523	21	4.93	2.90	1.70	0.30	13.4	7.9	1.16	.253	2.38	7.50
23	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	373	356	259	51	.835	296	0.89	1,244	270	90	32	2784.0	1,976		33	385	28	71		10,449	15	4.02	1.24	3.23	0.11	11.9	3.7	0.85	.222	1.15	6.39
24	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	400	351	158	41	.794	211	1.46	917	86	29	16	1957.0	1,449	317	78	556	31	91	31	7,669	68	4.22	2.56	1.65	0.36	12.0	7.2	1.02	.225	1.61	6.66
25	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	313	351	212	34	.862	285	1.16	1,380	165	53	4	2411.0	1,595	310	97	678	17	12	13	9,271	44	5.15	2.53	2.04	0.36	14.9	7.3	0.94	.211	1.31	5.95

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