mlb active pitcher most losses with quality start

Justin Verlander has the most career quality-start losses by an active pitcher, with 47 games.

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MLB active pitcher most regular-season losses with quality start

	NAME	L	QS	W	L%	G	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	47	359	227	.172	359	.828	359	1.82	2,576	25	9	0	2517.0	1,721	510	573	183	586	66	0	12	9,734	61	9.21	2.10	4.40	0.65	26.5	6.0	0.92	.243	2.05	6.15
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	41	299	183	.183	299	.817	299	1.73	2,470	11	5	0	2060.0	1,355	395	425	152	449	66	0	12	7,879	42	10.79	1.96	5.50	0.66	31.3	5.7	0.88	.254	1.86	5.92
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	35	208	121	.224	208	.776	208	1.61	1,817	16	3	0	1481.1	971	265	301	100	267	82	0	6	5,644	25	11.04	1.62	6.81	0.61	32.2	4.7	0.84	.258	1.83	5.90
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	34	179	87	.281	179	.719	179	1.62	1,480	4	2	0	1217.0	783	219	245	76	226	16	0	11	4,584	20	10.94	1.67	6.55	0.56	32.3	4.9	0.83	.254	1.81	5.79
5	Sonny Gray S. Gray	33	184	104	.241	184	.759	184	1.80	1,207	7	5	0	1227.0	822	245	285	77	308	23	0	2	4,733	49	8.85	2.26	3.92	0.56	25.5	6.5	0.92	.239	2.09	6.03
6	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	33	179	91	.266	179	.734	179	1.85	1,010	2	2	0	1193.1	911	245	268	69	272	27	0	11	4,636	42	7.62	2.05	3.71	0.52	21.8	5.9	0.99	.258	2.02	6.87
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	30	213	134	.183	213	.817	213	1.85	1,618	7	5	0	1421.2	988	293	329	101	297	38	0	2	5,447	38	10.24	1.88	5.45	0.64	29.7	5.5	0.90	.261	2.08	6.25
8	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	30	168	90	.250	168	.750	168	2.16	1,050	7	2	0	1111.1	884	267	291	87	239	23	0	10	4,398	29	8.50	1.94	4.39	0.70	23.9	5.4	1.01	.266	2.36	7.16
9	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	26	138	72	.265	138	.735	138	1.75	958	1	0	0	892.2	589	174	194	69	237	23	0	4	3,457	10	9.66	2.39	4.04	0.70	27.7	6.9	0.93	.240	1.96	5.94
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	24	159	90	.211	159	.789	159	1.73	1,163	6	4	0	1084.2	699	208	229	74	225	29	0	10	4,119	10	9.65	1.87	5.17	0.61	28.2	5.5	0.85	.238	1.90	5.80
11	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	24	100	55	.304	100	.696	100	2.11	468	3	2	0	666.0	504	156	169	50	94	21	0	6	2,556	7	6.32	1.27	4.98	0.68	18.3	3.7	0.90	.236	2.28	6.81
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	24	188	99	.195	188	.805	188	1.73	1,342	5	3	0	1251.1	865	241	262	83	276	46	0	7	4,830	18	9.65	1.99	4.86	0.60	27.8	5.7	0.91	.254	1.88	6.22
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	22	175	91	.195	175	.805	175	1.61	1,175	3	2	0	1171.0	846	210	228	75	228	10	0	3	4,497	24	9.03	1.75	5.15	0.58	26.1	5.1	0.92	.256	1.75	6.50
14	Kyle Freeland K. Freeland	21	113	54	.280	113	.720	113	2.29	544	0	0	0	718.1	601	183	193	68	174	19	0	2	2,856	9	6.82	2.18	3.13	0.85	19.0	6.1	1.08	.260	2.42	7.53
15	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	20	150	80	.200	150	.800	150	1.72	876	4	2	0	1002.0	717	192	213	56	205	26	0	7	3,846	25	7.87	1.84	4.27	0.50	22.8	5.3	0.92	.246	1.91	6.44
16	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	19	114	67	.221	114	.779	114	1.79	740	9	3	0	779.0	532	155	179	37	222	35	0	0	3,035	37	8.55	2.56	3.33	0.43	24.4	7.3	0.97	.247	2.07	6.15
17	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	19	107	54	.260	107	.740	107	2.02	569	2	1	0	698.1	484	157	172	65	138	11	0	4	2,674	10	7.33	1.78	4.12	0.84	21.3	5.2	0.89	.222	2.22	6.24
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	18	139	83	.178	139	.822	139	1.90	889	3	1	0	926.2	640	196	215	71	191	53	0	3	3,582	14	8.63	1.86	4.65	0.69	24.8	5.3	0.90	.239	2.09	6.22
19	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	18	128	62	.225	128	.775	128	1.99	576	4	3	0	838.0	671	185	214	48	238	22	0	4	3,322	15	6.19	2.56	2.42	0.52	17.3	7.2	1.08	.256	2.30	7.21
20	Logan Webb L. Webb	17	112	60	.221	112	.779	112	1.92	692	4	2	0	762.2	604	163	181	40	136	19	0	2	2,936	11	8.17	1.60	5.09	0.47	23.6	4.6	0.97	.275	2.14	7.13
21	Robbie Ray R. Ray	17	121	65	.207	121	.793	121	1.84	922	2	1	0	787.0	489	161	173	68	232	23	0	9	3,030	18	10.54	2.65	3.97	0.78	30.4	7.7	0.92	.236	1.98	5.59
22	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	16	94	52	.235	94	.765	94	1.98	558	1	0	0	621.2	435	137	144	55	128	9	0	4	2,366	6	8.08	1.85	4.36	0.80	23.6	5.4	0.91	.235	2.08	6.30
23	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	16	108	57	.219	108	.781	108	1.63	685	13	5	0	769.2	538	139	169	42	161	24	0	5	2,949	12	8.01	1.88	4.25	0.49	23.2	5.5	0.91	.243	1.98	6.29
24	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	16	140	87	.155	140	.845	140	1.81	758	2	2	0	907.0	635	182	198	64	216	18	0	8	3,499	17	7.52	2.14	3.51	0.64	21.7	6.2	0.94	.234	1.96	6.30
25	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	15	93	56	.211	93	.789	93	2.06	742	5	2	0	633.2	462	145	156	54	125	14	0	0	2,451	20	10.54	1.78	5.94	0.77	30.3	5.1	0.93	.269	2.22	6.56

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