most games with 2 or less earn runs allowed by a pitcher all-time

Jesse Orosco had the most games pitched when allowing 2 or fewer earned runs, with 1,217 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 2 or less earn runs allowed by a pitcher all-time

	NAME	G	ER	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1,217	327	86	65	.570	2	2.36	1,146	0	0	144	1247.2	931	379	88	537	32	491	81	5,145	35	8.27	3.87	2.13	0.63	22.3	10.4	1.18	.252	2.73	6.72
2	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	1,134	337	68	52	.567	1	2.79	870	0	0	84	1085.2	951	371	69	384	30	359	63	4,503	33	7.21	3.18	2.27	0.57	19.3	8.5	1.23	.280	3.08	7.88
3	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1,091	224	81	45	.643	3	1.63	1,143	0	0	652	1236.2	888	246	54	262	44	943	39	4,828	13	8.32	1.91	4.36	0.39	23.7	5.4	0.93	.251	1.79	6.46
4	John Franco J. Franco	1,079	265	87	65	.572	0	1.98	934	0	0	423	1205.1	1,023	326	62	451	22	756	69	5,004	51	6.97	3.37	2.07	0.46	18.7	9.0	1.22	.272	2.43	7.64
5	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	1,027	296	65	55	.542	6	2.66	983	0	0	158	1000.2	823	339	84	347	15	418	45	4,119	35	8.84	3.12	2.83	0.76	23.9	8.4	1.17	.275	3.05	7.40
6	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	1,011	319	91	71	.562	0	2.09	749	0	0	183	1374.0	1,156	387	45	450	16	616	165	5,629	21	4.91	2.95	1.66	0.29	13.3	8.0	1.17	.254	2.53	7.57
7	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	1,008	310	74	54	.578	2	2.43	827	0	0	140	1148.2	988	352	96	315	42	457	58	4,672	29	6.48	2.47	2.63	0.75	17.7	6.7	1.13	.263	2.76	7.74
8	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,005	394	139	92	.602	30	1.75	1,462	15	5	228	2023.2	1,414	526	96	681	53	639	60	8,058	83	6.50	3.03	2.15	0.43	18.1	8.5	1.04	.229	2.34	6.29
9	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1,001	230	58	54	.518	0	1.95	1,110	0	0	601	1062.0	731	258	79	284	6	839	50	4,165	45	9.41	2.41	3.91	0.67	26.7	6.8	0.96	.243	2.19	6.19
10	Lee Smith L. Smith	986	312	71	72	.497	3	2.26	1,209	0	0	477	1240.0	996	349	69	443	7	790	89	5,056	40	8.78	3.22	2.73	0.50	23.9	8.8	1.16	.279	2.53	7.23
11	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	972	282	66	50	.569	1	2.45	919	0	0	326	1036.1	875	341	74	420	34	647	49	4,354	46	7.98	3.65	2.19	0.64	21.1	9.6	1.25	.276	2.96	7.60
12	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	961	286	62	47	.569	1	2.28	966	0	0	142	1126.2	839	323	96	385	50	412	69	4,558	34	7.72	3.08	2.51	0.77	21.2	8.4	1.09	.243	2.58	6.70
13	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	943	279	64	44	.593	29	2.29	777	1	0	127	1098.1	974	320	70	300	12	363	26	4,469	43	6.37	2.46	2.59	0.57	17.4	6.7	1.16	.273	2.62	7.98
14	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	935	342	122	73	.626	14	1.93	1,351	10	0	309	1592.1	1,168	396	71	593	41	663	80	6,408	49	7.64	3.35	2.28	0.40	21.1	9.3	1.11	.252	2.24	6.60
15	Todd Jones T. Jones	926	281	58	37	.611	0	2.49	830	0	0	319	1015.2	882	322	66	382	34	598	53	4,237	36	7.35	3.38	2.17	0.58	19.6	9.0	1.24	.279	2.85	7.82
16	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	921	219	50	34	.595	0	2.06	1,118	0	0	437	955.0	662	243	83	351	14	663	37	3,832	63	10.54	3.31	3.19	0.78	29.2	9.2	1.06	.256	2.29	6.24
17	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	920	287	46	59	.438	0	2.81	926	0	0	327	919.0	729	323	63	416	49	580	30	3,883	58	9.07	4.07	2.23	0.62	23.8	10.7	1.25	.274	3.16	7.14
18	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	903	272	68	55	.553	30	2.14	822	4	2	321	1144.1	979	322	72	417	35	612	43	4,750	53	6.46	3.28	1.97	0.57	17.3	8.8	1.22	.266	2.53	7.70
19	David Weathers D. Weathers	884	322	70	53	.569	27	2.52	828	0	0	75	1148.0	1,014	366	86	447	42	298	67	4,821	30	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.67	17.2	9.3	1.27	.272	2.87	7.95
20	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	880	323	108	86	.557	18	1.88	1,197	4	2	341	1544.1	1,183	384	90	411	30	693	94	6,108	36	6.98	2.40	2.91	0.52	19.6	6.7	1.03	.250	2.24	6.89
21	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	873	393	136	72	.654	28	1.97	1,193	16	2	172	1793.0	1,488	489	90	468	13	555	110	7,184	86	5.99	2.35	2.55	0.45	16.6	6.5	1.09	.258	2.45	7.47
22	Gene Garber G. Garber	870	341	93	82	.531	3	2.23	871	2	0	217	1377.2	1,191	425	73	381	32	591	141	5,605	24	5.69	2.49	2.29	0.48	15.5	6.8	1.14	.263	2.78	7.78
23	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	863	319	98	63	.609	0	2.16	841	0	0	237	1332.0	1,153	389	67	447	11	622	73	5,449	66	5.68	3.02	1.88	0.45	15.4	8.2	1.20	.266	2.63	7.79
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	862	179	49	27	.645	0	1.86	1,211	0	0	453	864.2	516	197	71	243	30	655	16	3,356	20	12.60	2.53	4.98	0.74	36.1	7.2	0.88	.247	2.05	5.37
25	Mike Myers M. Myers	860	179	25	22	.532	0	3.04	422	0	0	14	529.1	454	197	43	239	38	191	30	2,250	10	7.18	4.06	1.77	0.73	18.8	10.6	1.31	.273	3.35	7.72