most quality starts by a starting pitching in a single season since 1980

Since 1980, Dwight Gooden has the most quality starts in starts in a season, with 33 in 1985.

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most quality starts by a starting by a player pitching in a single season since 1980

	NAME	QS	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	33	35	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	1.53	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	6.44
2	Mike Scott M. Scott	32	37	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	2.22	306	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	5.95
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	32	38	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	2.34	286	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	7.19
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	30	32	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	1.66	200	1	0	0	222.2	148	41	43	14	40	5	0	1	843	7	8.08	1.62	5.00	0.57	23.7	4.7	0.84	.229	1.74	5.98
5	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	30	34	2010	SEA	34	13	12	.520	2.27	232	6	1	0	249.2	194	63	80	17	70	8	0	1	1,001	14	8.36	2.52	3.31	0.61	23.2	7.0	1.06	.263	2.88	6.99
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	30	35	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	2.32	334	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	6.82
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	30	35	1992	CHC	35	20	11	.645	2.18	199	9	4	0	268.0	201	65	68	7	70	14	0	7	1,061	5	6.68	2.35	2.84	0.24	18.8	6.6	1.01	.252	2.28	6.75
8	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	30	35	1989	KCR	36	23	6	.793	2.16	193	12	4	0	262.1	209	63	74	13	43	2	0	6	1,021	8	6.62	1.48	4.49	0.45	18.9	4.2	0.96	.255	2.54	7.17
9	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	29	33	2015	CHC	33	22	6	.786	1.77	236	4	3	0	229.0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	5.90
10	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	29	34	2014	CIN	34	20	9	.690	2.25	242	4	2	0	243.2	169	61	69	22	65	15	0	2	961	1	8.94	2.40	3.72	0.81	25.2	6.8	0.96	.238	2.55	6.24
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	29	34	2009	SEA	34	19	5	.792	2.49	217	2	1	0	238.2	200	66	81	15	71	8	0	0	977	17	8.18	2.68	3.06	0.57	22.2	7.3	1.14	.278	3.05	7.54
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	29	35	1999	ARI	35	17	9	.654	2.48	364	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	6.86
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	29	35	1998	SDP	36	18	7	.720	2.38	257	7	3	0	257.0	225	68	77	8	49	10	0	4	1,032	10	9.00	1.72	5.24	0.28	24.9	4.7	1.07	.306	2.70	7.88
14	Kevin Appier K. Appier	29	34	1993	KCR	34	18	8	.692	2.56	186	5	1	0	238.2	183	68	74	8	81	1	0	3	953	5	7.01	3.05	2.30	0.30	19.5	8.5	1.11	.258	2.79	6.90
15	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	29	36	1993	ATL	36	20	10	.667	2.36	197	8	1	0	267.0	228	70	85	14	52	6	0	7	1,064	5	6.64	1.75	3.79	0.47	18.5	4.9	1.05	.269	2.87	7.69
16	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	28	32	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	1.70	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	6.30
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	28	33	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	2.53	300	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	6.12
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	28	34	2011	DET	34	24	5	.828	2.40	250	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	6.24
19	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	28	33	2011	LAA	33	18	8	.692	2.41	198	4	2	0	235.2	182	63	65	20	56	3	0	0	926	8	7.56	2.14	3.54	0.76	21.4	6.0	1.01	.250	2.48	6.95
20	Johan Santana J. Santana	28	34	2008	NYM	34	16	7	.696	2.53	206	3	2	0	234.1	206	66	74	23	63	4	0	5	964	9	7.91	2.42	3.27	0.88	21.4	6.5	1.15	.274	2.84	7.91
21	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	28	34	2007	SDP	34	19	6	.760	2.54	240	0	0	0	223.1	169	63	67	13	68	6	0	5	898	4	9.67	2.74	3.53	0.52	26.7	7.6	1.06	.273	2.70	6.81
22	Dan Haren D. Haren	28	34	2007	OAK	34	15	9	.625	3.07	192	0	0	0	222.2	214	76	91	24	55	3	0	1	935	10	7.76	2.22	3.49	0.97	20.5	5.9	1.21	.287	3.68	8.65
23	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	28	36	1993	ATL	36	22	6	.786	3.20	120	4	2	0	239.1	236	85	91	16	90	2	0	7	1,014	4	4.51	3.38	1.33	0.60	11.8	8.9	1.36	.280	3.42	8.87
24	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	28	36	1993	CIN	36	14	9	.609	2.48	227	2	1	0	257.1	218	71	76	19	62	2	0	2	1,029	0	7.94	2.17	3.66	0.66	22.1	6.0	1.09	.277	2.66	7.62
25	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	28	33	1989	STL	34	18	9	.667	2.91	127	9	3	0	234.2	219	76	81	5	72	6	1	7	971	14	4.87	2.76	1.76	0.19	13.1	7.4	1.24	.281	3.11	8.40

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