most games giving up 5 or less hits by a pitcher all-time

Nolan Ryan threw in 490 games when allowing 5 or fewer hits.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games giving up 5 or less 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	490	1,600	230	129	.641	456	2.31	3,425	133	53	3	3130.1	802	930	134	1,688	87	13	30	12,542	138	9.85	4.85	2.03	0.39	27.3	13.5	1.05	.203	2.67	4.60
2	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	910	1,522	118	96	.551	22	3.12	1,163	5	1	174	1691.2	587	670	118	488	11	565	117	6,944	93	6.19	2.60	2.38	0.63	16.7	7.0	1.19	.272	3.56	8.10
3	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,024	1,412	131	104	.557	21	2.27	1,430	11	4	227	1970.0	496	620	117	695	53	645	56	7,927	88	6.53	3.18	2.06	0.53	18.0	8.8	1.07	.230	2.83	6.45
4	Charlie Hough C. Hough	606	1,373	127	102	.555	192	3.18	1,378	50	10	60	2069.2	731	844	180	1,032	101	238	29	8,567	96	5.99	4.49	1.34	0.78	16.1	12.0	1.16	.203	3.67	5.97
5	Gene Garber G. Garber	912	1,330	94	104	.475	3	3.08	906	0	0	218	1429.2	489	573	109	414	33	605	148	5,936	27	5.70	2.61	2.19	0.69	15.3	7.0	1.22	.273	3.61	8.37
6	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	1,045	1,275	94	89	.514	0	2.78	776	0	0	183	1426.0	441	511	62	489	17	636	179	5,938	23	4.90	3.09	1.59	0.39	13.1	8.2	1.24	.264	3.23	8.05
7	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	915	1,268	106	107	.498	24	2.73	1,213	3	2	341	1561.1	474	526	106	451	36	700	98	6,289	39	6.99	2.60	2.69	0.61	19.3	7.2	1.10	.259	3.03	7.31
8	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	967	1,224	117	84	.582	10	2.69	1,365	4	0	310	1579.2	473	529	97	634	40	678	82	6,476	56	7.78	3.61	2.15	0.55	21.1	9.8	1.18	.260	3.01	6.97
9	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	886	1,212	96	73	.568	0	2.78	847	0	0	235	1342.1	415	486	81	464	13	625	78	5,565	67	5.68	3.11	1.83	0.54	15.2	8.3	1.25	.272	3.26	8.13
10	Don Sutton D. Sutton	310	1,196	149	63	.703	292	2.04	1,464	84	38	5	2127.1	483	554	152	579	30	12	34	8,076	30	6.19	2.45	2.53	0.64	18.1	7.2	0.83	.178	2.34	5.06
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	316	1,195	189	50	.791	314	1.66	2,214	65	38	0	2233.0	413	465	100	728	60	0	15	8,540	56	8.92	2.93	3.04	0.40	25.9	8.5	0.86	.201	1.87	4.82
12	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	455	1,169	104	84	.553	189	2.88	835	54	17	17	1535.0	492	601	107	440	44	100	58	6,175	37	4.90	2.58	1.90	0.63	13.5	7.1	1.05	.224	3.52	6.85
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	319	1,157	185	54	.774	304	2.14	2,648	61	29	2	2156.2	513	590	155	811	90	7	14	8,359	54	11.05	3.38	3.27	0.65	31.7	9.7	0.91	.215	2.46	4.83
14	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	710	1,151	90	68	.570	13	2.88	622	1	0	142	1225.2	392	454	61	409	36	372	104	5,136	38	4.57	3.00	1.52	0.45	12.1	8.0	1.27	.272	3.33	8.45
15	John Franco J. Franco	1,116	1,147	90	85	.514	0	2.81	971	0	0	424	1240.2	388	452	79	493	22	773	77	5,276	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.57	18.4	9.3	1.32	.288	3.28	8.32
16	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	798	1,138	92	77	.544	20	2.85	1,016	3	1	180	1382.0	438	496	88	529	21	537	124	5,698	58	6.62	3.45	1.92	0.57	17.8	9.3	1.21	.260	3.23	7.41
17	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	828	1,135	101	71	.587	122	2.57	1,336	34	13	390	1607.1	459	500	139	344	42	577	44	6,265	16	7.48	1.93	3.88	0.78	21.3	5.5	0.92	.226	2.80	6.36
18	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	1,051	1,125	75	70	.517	1	3.54	857	0	0	140	1181.2	465	512	116	369	46	465	70	4,968	31	6.53	2.81	2.32	0.88	17.3	7.4	1.26	.282	3.90	8.57
19	Roy Face R. Face	815	1,113	97	80	.548	8	3.16	795	0	0	191	1206.2	424	470	120	313	13	568	98	4,925	28	5.93	2.33	2.54	0.90	16.1	6.4	1.18	.270	3.51	8.30
20	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	699	1,101	95	99	.490	10	2.76	819	2	1	187	1273.2	391	450	69	464	27	540	46	5,281	59	5.79	3.28	1.77	0.49	15.5	8.8	1.23	.264	3.18	7.78
21	Lee Smith L. Smith	1,017	1,095	71	89	.444	2	2.97	1,235	0	0	477	1262.1	416	456	87	481	9	801	100	5,265	47	8.81	3.43	2.57	0.62	23.5	9.1	1.25	.292	3.25	7.81
22	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	951	1,092	65	78	.455	29	3.74	836	1	0	321	1147.2	477	523	105	502	42	632	52	4,965	63	6.56	3.94	1.67	0.82	16.8	10.1	1.39	.284	4.10	8.56
23	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	361	1,087	138	62	.690	216	2.10	1,165	84	36	29	1839.2	429	507	124	654	30	82	25	7,181	65	5.70	3.20	1.78	0.61	16.2	9.1	0.95	.185	2.48	5.32
24	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	348	1,078	198	71	.736	226	0.73	1,419	180	74	33	2132.2		375	19	498	70	117		7,898	52	5.99	2.10	2.85	0.08	18.0	6.3	0.74	.180	1.58	4.55
25	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	1,176	1,074	67	63	.515	1	3.90	890	0	0	84	1109.0	481	519	92	419	33	362	76	4,734	35	7.22	3.40	2.12	0.75	18.8	8.9	1.35	.298	4.21	8.72