most quality starts in a season since 1975

Since 1975, Dwight Gooden has the most quality starts in a season, with 33 in 1985.

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most quality starts by a player in a season since 1975

	NAME	QS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	33	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	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	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	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	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	38	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	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	32	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	2010	SEA	34	13	12	.520	34	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	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	35	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	1992	CHC	35	20	11	.645	35	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	1989	KCR	36	23	6	.793	35	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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	30	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	42	2.88	248	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	7.94
10	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	29	2015	CHC	33	22	6	.786	33	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
11	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	29	2014	CIN	34	20	9	.690	34	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
12	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	29	2009	SEA	34	19	5	.792	34	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
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	29	1999	ARI	35	17	9	.654	35	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
14	Kevin Brown K. Brown	29	1998	SDP	36	18	7	.720	35	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
15	Kevin Appier K. Appier	29	1993	KCR	34	18	8	.692	34	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
16	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	29	1993	ATL	36	20	10	.667	36	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
17	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	29	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	6.15
18	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	29	1978	SDP	37	21	6	.778	37	2.73	154	5	2	0	260.2	241	79	96	9	66	2	0	8	1,055	4	5.32	2.28	2.33	0.31	14.6	6.3	1.18	.282	3.31	8.32
19	Vida Blue V. Blue	29	1976	OAK	37	18	13	.581	37	2.35	166	20	6	0	298.1	268	78	90	9	63	1	0	3	1,205	5	5.01	1.90	2.63	0.27	13.8	5.2	1.11	.268	2.72	8.08
20	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	29	1975	NYY	39	23	14	.622	39	2.58	177	30	7	0	328.0	248	94	107	25	83	5	0	4	1,294	7	4.86	2.28	2.13	0.69	13.7	6.4	1.01	.222	2.94	6.80
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	29	1975	BAL	39	23	11	.676	38	2.09	193	25	10	1	323.0	253	75	87	20	80	2	1	4	1,268	4	5.38	2.23	2.41	0.56	15.2	6.3	1.03	.239	2.42	7.05
22	Doug Rau D. Rau	29	1975	LAD	38	15	9	.625	38	3.11	151	8	2	0	257.2	227	89	96	18	61	3	0	1	1,047	0	5.27	2.13	2.48	0.63	14.4	5.8	1.12	.257	3.35	7.93
23	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	29	1975	LAD	42	19	14	.576	40	2.29	213	19	7	1	321.2	244	82	92	22	96	5	2	2	1,276	8	5.96	2.69	2.22	0.62	16.7	7.5	1.06	.236	2.57	6.83
24	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	28	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	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
25	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	28	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	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

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