which pitcher had most starts more than 6.8 innings with era less than 3 in one season

Jack Chesbro and Vic Willis are tied for the most starts with an ERA better than 3.00 and with more than 6.8 innings pitched in a season, with 46 starts.

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Data note: Starts, Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	GS	IP	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	46	420.0	1.67	1904	NYH	46	37	9	.804	216	46	6	0	302	78	103	4	79	6	0		1,631	8	4.63	1.69	2.73	0.09	13.2	4.8	0.91	.225	2.21	6.47
2	Vic Willis V. Willis	46	404.2	2.20	1902	BSN	46	26	19	.578	227	45	4	0	368	99	139	6	101	13	0			13	5.05	2.25	2.25	0.13		6.2	1.16	.284	3.09	8.18
3	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	43	378.0	1.45	1916	PHN	43	33	10	.767	162	37	16	0	308	61	81	5	47	9	0		1,445	3	3.86	1.12	3.45	0.12	11.2	3.3	0.94	.248	1.93	7.33
4	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	42	376.0	1.82	1917	PHN	42	30	11	.732	196	35	8	0	325	76	100	4	54	6	0		1,483	2	4.69	1.29	3.63	0.10	13.2	3.6	1.01	.262	2.39	7.78
5	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	41	363.2	1.26	1915	PHN	41	29	9	.763	233	35	11	0	244	51	83	3	61	9	0		1,386	2	5.77	1.51	3.82	0.07	16.8	4.4	0.84	.223	2.05	6.04
6	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	41	374.1	2.72	1901	CIN	41	22	18	.550	237	41	2	0	367	113	156	12	70	8	0		1,555	9	5.70	1.68	3.39	0.29	15.2	4.5	1.17	.289	3.75	8.82
7	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	40	369.2	1.36	1904	PHA	40	25	15	.625	330	38	8	0	277	56	87	4	85	14	0			7	8.03	2.07	3.88	0.10		6.0	0.98	.280	2.12	6.74
8	Jack Powell J. Powell	40	368.0	2.08	1904	NYH	41	23	15	.605	189	37	3	0	302	85	123	11	88	9	1			9	4.62	2.15	2.15	0.27		6.6	1.06	.279	3.01	7.39
9	George Mullin G. Mullin	40	359.1	2.38	1904	DET	40	16	21	.432	147	39	5	0	324	95	146	1	121	8	0			7	3.68	3.03	1.21	0.03		8.3	1.24	.273	3.66	8.12
10	Cy Young C. Young	40	375.2	1.84	1904	BSA	42	26	15	.634	199	40	10	1	317	77	97	6	29	5	2			4	4.77	0.69	6.86	0.14		2.1	0.92	.269	2.32	7.59
11	Cy Young C. Young	40	377.2	1.86	1902	BSA	41	32	8	.800	159	40	3	0	326	78	116	5	48	10	1			3	3.79	1.14	3.31	0.12		3.3	0.99	.262	2.76	7.77
12	Dave Davenport D. Davenport	39	341.0	1.64	1915	SLF	40	22	13	.629	198	30	10	0	235	62	75	5	71	2	1			4	5.23	1.87	2.79	0.13		7.1	0.90	.317	1.98	6.20
13	Bill Dinneen B. Dinneen	39	359.1	2.58	1902	BSA	39	21	18	.538	141	39	2	0	325	103	135	9	89	7	0		1,450	3	3.53	2.23	1.58	0.23	9.7	6.1	1.15	.262	3.38	8.14
14	Togie Pittinger T. Pittinger	39	366.1	2.19	1902	BSN	40	25	13	.658	168	36	7	0	320	89	113	2	114	14	1			5	4.13	2.80	1.47	0.05		8.5	1.18	.303	2.78	7.86
15	Cy Young C. Young	39	356.0	1.42	1901	BSA	39	31	8	.795	154	38	5	0	303	56	94	6	33	8	0			1	3.89	0.83	4.67	0.15		2.4	0.94	.259	2.38	7.66
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	38	342.0	2.32	1971	DET	38	25	9	.735	291	29	4	0	279	88	98	26	82	5	0	2	1,371	7	7.66	2.16	3.55	0.68	21.2	6.0	1.06	.262	2.58	7.34
17	Bob Feller B. Feller	38	338.0	1.62	1946	CLE	38	26	12	.684	310	36	10	0	235	61	72	7	135	3	0		1,354	2	8.25	3.59	2.30	0.19	22.9	10.0	1.09	.254	1.92	6.26
18	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	38	348.1	1.73	1920	CHC	38	26	12	.684	165	33	7	0	318	67	85	8	61	1	0		1,380	2	4.26	1.58	2.70	0.21	12.0	4.4	1.09	.271	2.20	8.22
19	Cy Falkenberg C. Falkenberg	38	344.0	1.99	1914	IND	38	25	13	.658	213	33	9	0	283	76	99	5	74	5	0			7	5.57	1.94	2.88	0.13		6.2	1.04	.307	2.59	7.40
20	Eddie Plank E. Plank	38	342.0	1.79	1904	PHA	38	26	11	.703	195	37	7	0	278	68	83	2	83	18	0			6	5.13	2.18	2.35	0.05		6.2	1.06	.263	2.18	7.32
21	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	37	319.0	2.34	1975	NYY	37	23	13	.639	173	30	7	0	236	83	96	23	79	5	0	4	1,251	7	4.88	2.23	2.19	0.65	13.8	6.3	0.99	.219	2.71	6.66
22	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	37	326.0	1.60	1972	PHI	37	27	8	.771	292	30	8	0	232	58	66	14	78	1	0	8	1,257	8	8.06	2.15	3.74	0.39	23.2	6.2	0.95	.250	1.82	6.40
23	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	37	311.1	1.76	1972	CWS	37	23	11	.676	164	20	8	0	239	61	70	21	56	7	0	3	1,200	4	4.74	1.62	2.93	0.61	13.7	4.7	0.95	.229	2.02	6.91
24	Denny McLain D. McLain	37	318.0	1.67	1968	DET	37	30	3	.909	272	28	6	0	217	59	64	26	57	5	0	1	1,203	3	7.70	1.61	4.77	0.74	22.6	4.7	0.86	.227	1.81	6.14
25	Red Faber R. Faber	37	332.1	2.90	1922	CWS	37	20	15	.571	141	31	4	0	319	107	121	10	82	6	0		1,379	2	3.82	2.22	1.72	0.27	10.2	5.9	1.21	.271	3.28	8.64

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