pitcher with most quality starts from 2016 to 2020

Between 2016 and 2020, Justin Verlander had the most quality starts, with 103.

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	NAME	QS	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	103	136	69	32	.683	136	2.87	1,070	5	2	0	876.2	637	280	292	123	209	26	0	5	3,453	20	10.98	2.15	5.12	1.26	31.0	6.1	0.97	.254	3.00	6.54
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	99	137	70	31	.693	137	2.80	1,187	6	1	0	889.1	655	277	294	104	218	37	0	11	3,536	16	12.01	2.21	5.44	1.05	33.6	6.2	0.98	.277	2.98	6.63
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	96	131	47	37	.560	131	2.61	1,010	3	1	0	838.1	675	243	268	79	203	17	0	9	3,338	19	10.84	2.18	4.98	0.85	30.3	6.1	1.05	.294	2.88	7.25
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	85	131	61	35	.635	131	3.27	990	4	2	0	804.2	668	292	316	100	220	22	0	4	3,259	27	11.07	2.46	4.50	1.12	30.4	6.8	1.10	.295	3.53	7.47
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	85	136	66	33	.667	136	3.42	802	2	1	0	844.1	756	321	340	103	168	11	0	8	3,390	22	8.55	1.79	4.77	1.10	23.7	5.0	1.09	.283	3.62	8.06
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	85	113	61	20	.753	112	2.44	780	4	3	0	722.0	558	196	216	84	119	7	0	1	2,800	26	9.72	1.48	6.55	1.05	27.9	4.3	0.94	.262	2.69	6.96
7	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	79	140	57	40	.588	131	3.64	938	4	3	1	827.2	719	335	366	97	286	45	5	4	3,466	31	10.20	3.11	3.28	1.05	27.1	8.3	1.21	.296	3.98	7.82
8	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	78	143	65	47	.580	143	4.42	757	6	0	0	851.0	878	418	462	124	188	43	0	3	3,612	17	8.01	1.99	4.03	1.31	21.0	5.2	1.25	.302	4.89	9.29
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	78	126	52	38	.578	126	3.46	854	2	1	0	765.0	649	294	314	81	239	28	0	13	3,148	11	10.05	2.81	3.57	0.95	27.1	7.6	1.16	.292	3.69	7.64
10	Jon Lester J. Lester	77	139	66	32	.673	139	3.71	733	3	0	0	797.2	776	329	369	108	245	24	0	4	3,349	16	8.27	2.76	2.99	1.22	21.9	7.3	1.28	.298	4.16	8.76
11	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	76	130	54	39	.581	129	3.00	668	4	3	0	787.0	693	262	288	83	168	29	0	10	3,172	7	7.64	1.92	3.98	0.95	21.1	5.3	1.09	.274	3.29	7.93
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	76	146	46	47	.495	133	3.89	853	2	2	1	813.0	801	351	392	99	263	16	6	16	3,457	32	9.44	2.91	3.24	1.10	24.7	7.6	1.31	.315	4.34	8.87
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	76	116	52	33	.612	116	3.16	996	8	2	0	746.1	580	262	280	86	159	52	0	2	2,987	11	12.01	1.92	6.26	1.04	33.3	5.3	0.99	.292	3.38	6.99
14	Mike Leake M. Leake	71	124	41	46	.471	124	4.31	501	2	1	0	745.1	838	357	406	104	128	32	0	9	3,158	14	6.05	1.55	3.91	1.26	15.9	4.1	1.30	.307	4.90	10.12
15	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	71	102	58	23	.716	102	2.93	753	10	6	0	670.1	534	218	239	72	143	18	0	3	2,650	12	10.11	1.92	5.27	0.97	28.4	5.4	1.01	.278	3.21	7.17
16	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	71	115	35	38	.479	115	3.48	694	5	1	0	716.2	636	277	301	100	173	32	0	11	2,947	10	8.72	2.17	4.01	1.26	23.5	5.9	1.13	.275	3.78	7.99
17	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	70	109	58	22	.725	109	3.31	796	1	1	0	667.0	537	245	258	71	186	27	0	12	2,707	18	10.74	2.51	4.28	0.96	29.4	6.9	1.08	.286	3.48	7.25
18	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	69	113	49	38	.563	113	3.60	555	3	1	0	694.1	662	278	295	71	209	15	0	2	2,903	25	7.19	2.71	2.66	0.92	19.1	7.2	1.25	.288	3.82	8.58
19	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	68	132	50	43	.538	128	3.99	710	1	1	0	752.0	725	333	354	91	228	19	0	8	3,152	33	8.50	2.73	3.11	1.09	22.5	7.2	1.27	.301	4.24	8.68
20	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	68	136	37	47	.440	135	4.12	662	1	1	0	758.0	652	347	369	113	296	41	0	11	3,197	21	7.86	3.51	2.24	1.34	20.7	9.3	1.25	.259	4.38	7.74
21	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	67	130	53	34	.609	129	3.96	711	3	3	0	764.0	734	336	363	119	160	21	0	1	3,148	24	8.38	1.88	4.44	1.40	22.6	5.1	1.17	.288	4.28	8.65
22	Tanner Roark T. Roark	64	139	50	49	.505	135	4.16	683	0	0	0	784.2	772	363	390	106	261	44	1	13	3,333	19	7.83	2.99	2.62	1.22	20.5	7.8	1.32	.297	4.47	8.85
23	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	64	116	42	31	.575	116	3.76	638	2	0	0	684.1	630	286	317	88	252	45	0	3	2,899	18	8.39	3.31	2.53	1.16	22.0	8.7	1.29	.289	4.17	8.29
24	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	63	124	55	35	.611	111	3.51	785	5	2	1	686.1	627	268	285	89	166	23	4	9	2,802	31	10.29	2.18	4.73	1.17	28.0	5.9	1.16	.309	3.74	8.22
25	Mike Fiers M. Fiers	62	135	52	33	.612	132	4.28	582	1	1	0	737.2	741	351	368	129	210	41	0	1	3,120	46	7.10	2.56	2.77	1.57	18.7	6.7	1.29	.284	4.49	9.04

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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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
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
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