which pitcher had most starts more than seven innings with less than 2 earned runs in one season

Bob Gibson has the most starts with more than 7.0 innings pitched and fewer than 2 earned runs in a season, with 23 starts in 1968.

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	NAME	GS	IP	ER	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	23	211.2	9	1968	STL	23	20	3	.870	0.38	183	22	13	0	113	10	1	39	3	0	4	771	3	7.78	1.66	4.69	0.04	23.7	5.1	0.72	.206	0.43	4.80
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	21	190.0	10	1963	LAD	21	18	0	1.000	0.47	168	16	11	0	93	12	4	33	3	0	2	698	2	7.96	1.56	5.09	0.19	24.1	4.7	0.66	.182	0.57	4.41
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	20	180.0	8	1972	PHI	20	18	1	.947	0.40	156	19	8	0	111	14	3	30	1	0	2	666	4	7.80	1.50	5.20	0.15	23.4	4.5	0.78	.227	0.70	5.55
4	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	20	177.2	11	1972	CWS	20	16	3	.842	0.56	105	16	8	0	111	17	7	23	2	0	2	656	0	5.32	1.17	4.57	0.35	16.0	3.5	0.75	.200	0.86	5.62
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	20	181.0	14	1966	LAD	20	18	1	.947	0.70	184	19	5	0	109	19	4	43	0	0	1	682	2	9.15	2.14	4.28	0.20	27.0	6.3	0.84	.233	0.94	5.42
6	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	20	179.1	11	1964	LAD	20	13	5	.722	0.55	135	17	5	0	113	19	5	35	4	0	6	681	3	6.78	1.76	3.86	0.25	19.8	5.1	0.83	.215	0.95	5.67
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	19	171.1	12	1971	NYM	19	15	2	.882	0.63	191	17	4	0	95	15	6	29	1	0	1	620	2	10.03	1.52	6.59	0.32	30.8	4.7	0.72	.226	0.79	4.99
8	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	19	170.0	7	1965	SFG	19	17	2	.895	0.37	127	18	10	0	98	12	5	19	1	0	1	627	1	6.72	1.01	6.68	0.26	20.3	3.0	0.69	.196	0.64	5.19
9	Bob Feller B. Feller	19	172.0	8	1946	CLE	19	16	3	.842	0.42	152	18	10	0	90	12	1	68	1	0		656	1	7.95	3.56	2.24	0.05	23.2	10.4	0.92	.205	0.63	4.71
10	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	19	173.0	9	1946	DET	19	19	0	1.000	0.47	159	19	6	0	90	16	2	52	0	0		657	2	8.27	2.71	3.06	0.10	24.2	7.9	0.82	.198	0.83	4.68
11	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	19	171.0	10	1944	DET	19	17	2	.895	0.53	65	19	7	0	121	17	2	25	2	0		642	0	3.42	1.32	2.60	0.11	10.1	3.9	0.85	.217	0.89	6.37
12	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	18	158.0	5	1985	NYM	18	15	0	1.000	0.28	162	12	8	0	91	7	4	36	1	0	2	580	1	9.23	2.05	4.50	0.23	27.9	6.2	0.80	.231	0.40	5.18
13	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	18	169.0	10	1972	CLE	18	17	1	.944	0.53	111	16	5	0	99	13	1	39	2	0	4	634	3	5.91	2.08	2.85	0.05	17.5	6.2	0.82	.204	0.69	5.27
14	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	18	156.1	12	1967	PHI	18	12	6	.667	0.69	125	11	6	0	104	22	2	33	9	0	11	609	2	7.20	1.90	3.79	0.12	20.5	5.4	0.88	.232	1.27	5.99
15	Dolf Luque D. Luque	18	164.0	5	1923	CIN	18	16	2	.889	0.27	90	18	6	0	100	17	0	39	1	0		623	0	4.94	2.14	2.31	0.00	14.4	6.3	0.85	.203	0.93	5.49
16	John Tudor J. Tudor	17	153.2	5	1985	STL	17	15	0	1.000	0.29	97	13	10	0	78	6	1	19	1	0	2	547	2	5.68	1.11	5.11	0.06	17.7	3.5	0.63	.179	0.35	4.57
17	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	17	150.0	9	1976	OAK	17	13	1	.929	0.54	63	11	4	0	93	18	2	33	4	0	0	564	3	3.78	1.98	1.91	0.12	11.2	5.9	0.84	.197	1.08	5.58
18	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	17	153.0	8	1975	LAD	17	14	2	.875	0.47	116	15	7	0	91	12	3	38	1	0	0	577	2	6.82	2.24	3.05	0.18	20.1	6.6	0.84	.210	0.71	5.35
19	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	17	153.0	10	1974	TEX	17	16	0	1.000	0.59	129	16	6	0	96	15	2	19	3	0	1	570	2	7.59	1.12	6.79	0.12	22.6	3.3	0.75	.225	0.88	5.65
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	17	151.2	6	1972	LAD	17	14	1	.933	0.36	114	12	9	0	77	9	1	27	1	0	0	548	2	6.76	1.60	4.22	0.06	20.8	4.9	0.69	.188	0.53	4.57
21	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	17	154.0	5	1972	CAL	17	14	3	.824	0.29	180	15	9	0	64	10	2	70	2	0	1	580	8	10.52	4.09	2.57	0.12	31.0	12.1	0.87	.190	0.58	3.74
22	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	17	151.0	7	1971	CWS	17	14	1	.933	0.42	98	13	7	0	97	13	5	31	2	0	0	568	1	5.84	1.85	3.16	0.30	17.3	5.5	0.85	.213	0.77	5.78
23	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	17	153.0	9	1969	BAL	17	15	0	1.000	0.53	103	14	5	0	78	12	3	36	0	0	2	552	1	6.06	2.12	2.86	0.18	18.7	6.5	0.75	.183	0.71	4.59
24	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	17	153.0	8	1968	CLE	17	15	1	.938	0.47	157	16	9	0	69	10	4	34	3	0	1	557	2	9.24	2.00	4.62	0.24	28.2	6.1	0.67	.181	0.59	4.06
25	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	17	154.0	11	1966	PHI	17	13	2	.867	0.64	128	13	5	0	97	14	4	21	9	0	2	576	3	7.48	1.23	6.10	0.23	22.2	3.6	0.77	.225	0.82	5.67

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