most starts with strikeouts < 2 times walks

Tom Zachary has the most career starts when striking out <2 batters, with 228 starts.

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	NAME	GS	SO	2*BB	BB	G	W	L	W%	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Tom Zachary T. Zachary	228	149	1,046	523	335	88	125	.413	4.47	76	11	22	1619.1	2,005	805	969	64	25	69		7,188	18	0.83	2.91	0.28	0.36	2.1	7.3	1.56	.302	5.39	11.14
2	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	220	151	802	401	329	86	116	.426	4.17	76	8	11	1626.0	1,928	754	922	38	24	80		7,022	33	0.84	2.22	0.38	0.21	2.2	5.7	1.43	.295	5.10	10.67
3	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	205	150	1,000	500	298	101	117	.463	4.22	128	10	22	1654.1	1,905	775	917	79	11	77		7,213	19	0.82	2.72	0.30	0.43	2.1	6.9	1.45	.282	4.99	10.36
4	Freddie Fitzsimmons F. Fitzsimmons	198	139	766	383	270	84	75	.528	4.41	63	9	11	1356.0	1,601	665	799	92	15	51		5,909	18	0.92	2.54	0.36	0.61	2.4	6.5	1.46	.286	5.30	10.63
5	Sad Sam Jones S. Sam Jones	192	148	1,054	527	327	72	111	.393	5.14	66	8	26	1372.1	1,677	784	956	67	39	101		6,172	36	0.97	3.46	0.28	0.44	2.4	8.5	1.61	.299	6.27	11.00
6	Tommy John T. John	186	128	630	315	232	57	78	.422	5.32	22	5	3	1017.0	1,308	601	686	86	27	18	22	4,561	49	1.13	2.79	0.41	0.76	2.8	6.9	1.60	.305	6.07	11.58
7	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	169	185	820	410	356	72	103	.411	4.76	59	5	46	1415.2	1,776	749	893	62	22	132		6,327	16	1.18	2.61	0.45	0.39	2.9	6.5	1.54	.303	5.68	11.29
8	Jesse Haines J. Haines	164	157	798	399	308	60	90	.400	5.05	53	8	11	1245.0	1,587	698	815	75	24	80		5,588	32	1.13	2.88	0.39	0.54	2.8	7.1	1.60	.307	5.89	11.47
9	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	162	139	436	218	234	83	72	.535	3.57	88	16	29	1261.1	1,405		624	66	13	59		5,282	12	0.99	1.56	0.64	0.47	2.6	4.1	1.29	.276	4.45	10.03
10	Willis Hudlin W. Hudlin	157	127	824	412	299	65	93	.411	5.51	55	4	30	1171.2	1,526	717	840	60	25	88		5,359	20	0.98	3.16	0.31	0.46	2.4	7.7	1.65	.310	6.45	11.72
11	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	157	190	652	326	404	76	100	.432	3.83	50	3	51	1333.0	1,641		802	43	37	174			19	1.28	2.20	0.58	0.29		5.8	1.48	.315	5.41	11.08
12	Lee Meadows L. Meadows	151	111	734	367	209	56	76	.424	4.42	58	10	5	995.2	1,216	489	621	32	27	35		4,439	16	1.00	3.32	0.30	0.29	2.5	8.3	1.59	.303	5.61	10.99
13	Red Faber R. Faber	151	148	746	373	301	61	93	.396	4.44	53	3	22	1170.2	1,449	578	724	39	31	106		5,222	13	1.14	2.87	0.40	0.30	2.8	7.1	1.56	.304	5.57	11.14
14	Jesse Barnes J. Barnes	149	117	520	260	243	59	88	.401	4.14	62	9	14	1117.1	1,347	514	632	43	9	70		4,835	7	0.94	2.09	0.45	0.35	2.4	5.4	1.44	.296	5.09	10.85
15	Mel Harder M. Harder	147	140	840	420	277	57	88	.393	5.13	29	2	24	1091.1	1,358	622	738	62	30	82		4,979	18	1.15	3.46	0.33	0.51	2.8	8.4	1.63	.300	6.09	11.20
16	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	147	116	868	434	198	47	64	.423	5.67	45	3	10	942.1	1,162	594	698	71	24	32		4,328	15	1.11	4.15	0.27	0.68	2.7	10.0	1.69	.296	6.67	11.10
17	Red Lucas R. Lucas	147	99	430	215	227	61	77	.442	4.50	75	7	7	1135.1	1,368	568	641	74	15	61		4,913	2	0.78	1.70	0.46	0.59	2.0	4.4	1.39	.287	5.08	10.84
18	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	144	119	798	399	234	55	92	.374	5.32	57	6	15	1064.2	1,322	629	736	58	25	69		4,826	26	1.01	3.37	0.30	0.49	2.5	8.3	1.62	.299	6.22	11.18
19	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	140	88	632	316	187	62	61	.504	4.04	53	11	14	970.2	1,107	436	535	30	9	36		4,237	14	0.82	2.93	0.28	0.28	2.1	7.5	1.47	.284	4.96	10.26
20	Danny MacFayden D. MacFayden	139	125	662	331	251	44	77	.364	5.31	46	5	9	1028.2	1,316	607	720	52	24	64		4,667	11	1.09	2.90	0.38	0.45	2.7	7.1	1.60	.306	6.30	11.51
21	Clarence Mitchell C. Mitchell	137	100	624	312	232	48	76	.387	4.88	48	4	7	1007.1	1,275		670	58	24	61		4,504	15	0.89	2.79	0.32	0.52	2.2	6.9	1.58	.303	5.99	11.39
22	Herb Pennock H. Pennock	136	139	636	318	286	65	69	.485	4.67	53	7	29	1057.0	1,301		661	41	11	97		4,667	24	1.18	2.71	0.44	0.35	3.0	6.8	1.53	.303	5.63	11.08
23	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	133	157	494	247	347	63	67	.485	4.76	37	7	30	1080.1	1,290	571	652	111	25	101	28	4,684	16	1.31	2.06	0.64	0.92	3.4	5.3	1.42	.285	5.43	10.75
24	Art Nehf A. Nehf	133	118	518	259	230	62	64	.492	4.06	51	8	12	1029.1	1,170	464	557	52	19	64		4,385	15	1.03	2.26	0.46	0.45	2.7	5.9	1.39	.284	4.87	10.23
25	Bill Lee B. Lee	131	97	616	308	200	42	65	.393	4.89	41	4	11	835.1	1,018	454	537	45	11	36		3,780	25	1.05	3.32	0.31	0.48	2.6	8.1	1.59	.293	5.79	10.97

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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