which pitcher has the most career starts allowing 2 run or fewer in the playoffs

Andy Pettitte has the most career starts in the postseason when allowing at most 2 runs, with 23 starts.

NAME GS R G W L W% 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 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
23
30
23
15
3
.833
1.44
119
0
0
0
162.1
137
26
8
35
1
0
3
640
1
6.60
1.94
3.40
0.44
18.6
5.5
1.06
.270
1.66
7.60
2 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
19
20
20
14
3
.824
1.41
146
2
1
0
127.2
67
20
8
37
4
0
0
480
4
10.29
2.61
3.95
0.56
30.4
7.7
0.81
.207
1.41
4.72
3 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
19
18
19
12
4
.750
1.13
97
2
0
0
135.1
88
17
4
44
2
0
3
513
2
6.45
2.93
2.20
0.27
18.9
8.6
0.98
.230
1.20
5.85
4 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
18
28
31
12
2
.857
1.46
134
2
1
4
154.0
109
25
7
42
1
11
2
604
3
7.83
2.45
3.19
0.41
22.2
7.0
0.98
.243
1.64
6.37
5 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
16
20
20
7
1
.875
1.82
122
0
0
1
94.0
56
19
7
39
4
1
3
377
5
11.68
3.73
3.13
0.67
32.4
10.3
1.01
.239
1.91
5.36
6 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
16
28
21
10
5
.667
1.65
79
2
0
1
119.2
95
22
4
21
5
2
6
470
2
5.94
1.58
3.76
0.30
16.8
4.5
0.97
.252
2.11
7.14
7 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
16
17
17
11
1
.917
1.33
102
1
1
0
108.0
64
16
4
32
5
1
0
420
5
8.50
2.67
3.19
0.33
24.3
7.6
0.89
.217
1.42
5.33
8 Jon Lester
J. Lester
15
19
19
9
1
.900
1.41
87
0
0
0
108.1
72
17
7
27
2
2
0
416
2
7.23
2.24
3.22
0.58
20.9
6.5
0.91
.222
1.58
5.98
9 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
15
16
15
10
0
1.000
1.12
109
4
2
0
112.2
72
14
6
19
3
0
0
426
0
8.71
1.52
5.74
0.48
25.6
4.5
0.81
.228
1.28
5.75
10 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
14
16
14
10
1
.909
1.59
113
0
0
0
90.2
54
16
9
20
2
0
0
345
1
11.22
1.99
5.65
0.89
32.8
5.8
0.82
.224
1.59
5.36
11 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
14
20
21
10
1
.909
1.50
112
0
0
1
102.1
53
17
9
21
2
2
3
375
4
9.85
1.85
5.33
0.79
29.9
5.6
0.72
.190
1.76
4.66
12 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
13
16
14
7
2
.778
1.86
78
0
0
0
67.2
47
14
5
27
4
1
0
278
3
10.37
3.59
2.89
0.67
28.1
9.7
1.09
.256
2.13
6.25
13 Whitey Ford
W. Ford
13
14
13
8
2
.800
1.03
59
6
3
0
96.0
67
11
2
19
3
0
0
366
1
5.53
1.78
3.11
0.19
16.1
5.2
0.90
.230
1.31
6.28
14 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
12
8
13
4
0
1.000
1.13
85
0
0
1
63.2
39
8
3
24
2
1
0
251
1
12.02
3.39
3.54
0.42
33.9
9.6
0.99
.263
1.13
5.51
15 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
12
17
13
3
1
.750
2.30
58
0
0
0
66.2
47
17
5
20
1
0
0
259
1
7.83
2.70
2.90
0.68
22.4
7.7
1.00
.240
2.30
6.35
16 John Lackey
J. Lackey
12
18
18
7
1
.875
1.88
66
0
0
0
86.0
62
18
2
25
2
2
1
341
9
6.91
2.62
2.64
0.21
19.4
7.3
1.01
.244
1.88
6.49
17 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
12
18
15
8
2
.800
1.98
76
1
0
0
77.1
66
17
6
23
2
0
2
318
1
8.84
2.68
3.30
0.70
23.9
7.2
1.15
.284
2.09
7.68
18 Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
11
13
11
9
1
.900
1.56
46
1
1
0
75.0
57
13
5
17
2
0
0
293
1
5.52
2.04
2.71
0.60
15.7
5.8
0.99
.233
1.56
6.84
19 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
11
15
13
6
1
.857
1.62
91
0
0
0
83.1
55
15
7
20
1
0
4
321
1
9.83
2.16
4.55
0.76
28.3
6.2
0.90
.238
1.62
5.94
20 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
11
13
15
8
0
1.000
1.06
76
4
2
1
93.1
57
11
2
24
5
2
4
357
5
7.33
2.31
3.17
0.19
21.3
6.7
0.87
.220
1.25
5.50
21 Rich Hill
R. Hill
10
11
11
1
0
1.000
2.17
55
0
0
0
45.2
29
11
3
28
1
1
3
194
1
10.84
5.52
1.96
0.59
28.4
14.4
1.25
.243
2.17
5.72
22 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
10
13
23
4
1
.800
1.40
86
1
0
4
83.2
60
13
6
15
1
9
0
318
3
9.25
1.61
5.73
0.65
27.0
4.7
0.90
.257
1.40
6.45
23 Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
10
16
14
8
3
.727
1.69
41
3
1
0
80.0
57
15
5
24
3
3
1
317
2
4.61
2.70
1.71
0.56
12.9
7.6
1.01
.213
1.80
6.41
24 Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
10
11
13
8
0
1.000
1.21
42
2
1
1
81.2
53
11
5
20
1
2
3
313
2
4.63
2.20
2.10
0.55
13.4
6.4
0.89
.196
1.21
5.84
25 Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
9
13
13
7
2
.778
1.71
60
0
0
0
63.0
47
12
3
13
1
1
2
250
0
8.57
1.86
4.62
0.43
24.0
5.2
0.95
.254
1.86
6.71
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