most games by a starting pitcher with 3 or fewer hits by a pitcher all-time

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched by a starting pitcher when allowing at most 3 hits, with 218 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games by a starting pitcher with 3 or fewer hits by a pitcher all-time

	NAME	G	H	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	218	482	125	48	.723	218	1.53	1,644	69	37	0	1467.1	250	298	38	807	39	0	11	5,641	56	10.08	4.95	2.04	0.23	29.1	14.3	0.88	.143	1.83	2.96
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	118	277	84	3	.966	118	0.85	878	12	9	0	771.0	73	86	29	177	11	0	4	2,742	24	10.25	2.07	4.96	0.34	32.0	6.5	0.59	.151	1.00	3.23
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	118	285	75	14	.843	118	1.60	991	24	16	0	812.0	144	162	47	317	33	0	1	3,020	20	10.98	3.51	3.13	0.52	32.8	10.5	0.74	.146	1.80	3.16
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	116	287	81	12	.871	116	0.85	839	30	23	0	828.0	78	93	23	265	19	0	4	3,020	14	9.12	2.88	3.17	0.25	27.8	8.8	0.67	.141	1.01	3.12
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	113	261	66	16	.805	113	1.17	919	6	5	0	722.2	94	105	46	209	30	0	3	2,627	6	11.45	2.60	4.40	0.57	35.0	8.0	0.65	.151	1.31	3.25
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	109	249	68	8	.895	109	1.00	813	8	7	0	737.2	82	96	39	213	26	0	1	2,666	12	9.92	2.60	3.82	0.48	30.5	8.0	0.63	.133	1.17	3.04
7	Blake Snell B. Snell	88	173	40	12	.769	88	1.49	648	1	1	0	472.2	78	83	24	206	4	0	2	1,770	31	12.34	3.92	3.15	0.46	36.6	11.6	0.80	.168	1.58	3.29
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	87	205	64	4	.941	87	0.85	709	17	9	0	610.2	58	68	29	155	33	0	3	2,192	11	10.45	2.28	4.57	0.43	32.3	7.1	0.59	.139	1.00	3.02
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	86	205	45	12	.789	86	1.48	657	0	0	0	536.2	88	93	30	168	29	0	0	1,985	15	11.02	2.82	3.91	0.50	33.1	8.5	0.70	.159	1.56	3.44
10	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	86	206	39	16	.709	86	1.92	533	10	5	0	539.2	115	123	35	233	11	0	7	2,054	4	8.89	3.89	2.29	0.58	25.9	11.3	0.81	.138	2.05	3.44
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	83	206	57	13	.814	83	0.95	525	43	27	0	637.1	67	75	24	177	7	0	12	2,268	7	7.41	2.50	2.97	0.34	23.1	7.8	0.60	.119	1.06	2.91
12	Sonny Gray S. Gray	82	190	48	14	.774	82	1.21	531	4	4	0	489.0	66	74	27	142	20	0	1	1,794	20	9.77	2.61	3.74	0.50	29.6	7.9	0.68	.152	1.36	3.50
13	Rich Hill R. Hill	82	175	40	15	.727	82	1.75	453	3	2	0	431.0	84	93	31	173	26	0	3	1,640	3	9.46	3.61	2.62	0.65	27.6	10.5	0.81	.150	1.94	3.65
14	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	81	198	60	1	.984	81	0.83	375	15	10	0	534.0	49	55	18	76	9	0	5	1,858	3	6.32	1.28	4.93	0.30	20.2	4.1	0.51	.130	0.93	3.34
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	81	198	48	7	.873	81	1.07	411	29	16	0	596.1	71	83	33	160	8	0	2	2,131	5	6.20	2.41	2.57	0.50	19.3	7.5	0.60	.109	1.25	2.99
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	80	195	47	3	.940	80	1.16	492	0	0	0	457.2	59	66	18	161	51	0	2	1,747	13	9.68	3.17	3.06	0.35	28.2	9.2	0.78	.173	1.30	3.83
17	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	79	195	47	10	.825	79	1.00	474	4	3	0	504.1	56	59	25	117	9	0	2	1,801	6	8.46	2.09	4.05	0.45	26.3	6.5	0.62	.145	1.05	3.48
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	78	187	36	23	.610	78	2.05	504	30	15	0	470.2	107	128	20	276	10	0	6	1,866	20	9.64	5.28	1.83	0.38	27.0	14.8	0.98	.158	2.45	3.58
19	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	77	186	44	9	.830	77	1.51	474	1	1	0	470.0	79	88	21	207	4	0	2	1,788	16	9.08	3.96	2.29	0.40	26.5	11.6	0.84	.152	1.69	3.56
20	CC Sabathia	76	191	45	3	.938	76	1.33	455	6	3	0	473.0	70	78	22	160	19	0	1	1,768	9	8.66	3.04	2.84	0.42	25.7	9.0	0.74	.152	1.48	3.63
21	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	76	197	52	6	.897	76	1.26	340	14	9	0	514.0	72	76	17	173	9	0	13	1,891	2	5.95	3.03	1.97	0.30	18.0	9.1	0.72	.133	1.33	3.45
22	Chris Sale C. Sale	75	173	44	8	.846	75	1.07	653	4	3	0	481.1	57	63	24	103	39	0	1	1,747	6	12.21	1.93	6.34	0.45	37.4	5.9	0.57	.161	1.18	3.23
23	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	74	185	46	14	.767	74	1.18	432	36	20	0	543.1	71	86	21	181	2	0	5	1,953	11	7.16	3.00	2.39	0.35	22.1	9.3	0.67	.125	1.42	3.06
24	A.J. Burnett	73	185	39	12	.765	73	1.53	438	12	7	0	500.2	85	107	28	214	27	0	1	1,901	22	7.87	3.85	2.05	0.50	23.0	11.3	0.80	.131	1.92	3.33
25	Al Leiter A. Leiter	73	177	39	13	.750	73	1.54	359	4	4	0	445.0	76	83	16	238	23	0	5	1,738	6	7.26	4.81	1.51	0.32	20.7	13.7	0.93	.146	1.68	3.58