pitcher with most quality starts in a season

Grover Alexander has the most quality starts in a season, with 40 in 1916.

	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	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	40	1916	PHN	48	33	12	.733	45	1.55	169	38	16	3	390.0	323		90	6	50	10	3		1,500	3	3.90	1.15	3.38	0.14	11.3	3.3	0.96	.251	2.08	7.45
2	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	39	1917	PHN	45	30	13	.698	44	1.84	200	35	8	0	387.0	336		107	4	56	6	0		1,529	2	4.65	1.30	3.57	0.09	13.1	3.7	1.01	.263	2.49	7.81
3	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	39	1915	PHN	49	31	10	.756	42	1.22	241	36	12	4	376.1	253	51	86	3	64	9	7		1,435	2	5.76	1.53	3.77	0.07	16.8	4.5	0.84	.224	2.06	6.05
4	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	37	1971	CWS	44	22	13	.629	42	1.91	210	22	7	1	334.0	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	7.33
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	36	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	41	1.73	317	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	6.72
6	Bob Feller B. Feller	36	1946	CLE	48	26	15	.634	42	2.18	348	36	10	4	371.1	277	90	101	11	153	3	5		1,512	3	8.43	3.71	2.27	0.27	23.0	10.1	1.16	.267	2.45	6.71
7	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	36	1915	WSH	47	27	13	.675	39	1.55	203	35	7	4	336.2	259		83	1	56	19	8			7	5.43	1.50	3.63	0.03		4.3	0.94	.251	2.22	6.92
8	Denny McLain D. McLain	35	1968	DET	41	31	6	.838	41	1.96	280	28	6	0	336.0	241	73	86	31	63	6	0	2	1,288	3	7.50	1.69	4.44	0.83	21.7	4.9	0.90	.231	2.30	6.46
9	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	35	1965	LAD	43	26	8	.765	41	2.04	382	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	5.79
10	Dave Davenport D. Davenport	35	1915	SLF	55	22	18	.550	46	2.20	229	30	10	1	392.2	300	96	116	5	97	6	6			6	5.25	2.22	2.36	0.11		9.7	1.01	.444	2.66	6.88
11	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	35	1914	WSH	51	28	18	.609	40	1.72	226	33	9	1	371.2	287		88	3	74	11	9			14	5.47	1.79	3.05	0.07		5.1	0.97	.252	2.13	6.95
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	34	1972	CLE	41	24	16	.600	40	1.92	234	29	5	1	342.2	253	73	79	17	82	12	1	16	1,345	11	6.15	2.15	2.85	0.45	17.4	6.1	0.98	.236	2.07	6.64
13	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
14	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	33	1972	CWS	49	24	17	.585	49	2.51	193	20	8	0	376.2	325	105	119	28	74	7	0	5	1,490	11	4.61	1.77	2.61	0.67	13.0	5.0	1.06	.250	2.84	7.77
15	Pete Schneider P. Schneider	33	1917	CIN	46	20	19	.513	42	2.02	138	25	0	0	333.2	311		128	4	117	10	3		1,388	5	3.72	3.16	1.18	0.11	9.9	8.4	1.28	.274	3.45	8.39
16	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
17	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
18	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	32	1972	DET	41	22	14	.611	41	2.50	250	23	4	0	327.1	282	91	100	29	74	11	0	5	1,321	6	6.87	2.03	3.38	0.80	18.9	5.6	1.09	.264	2.75	7.75
19	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	32	1969	SFG	40	19	14	.576	39	2.49	233	26	3	0	325.1	290	90	115	23	91	11	1	14	1,345	12	6.45	2.52	2.56	0.64	17.3	6.8	1.17	.271	3.18	8.02
20	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	32	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	34	1.12	268	28	13	0	304.2	198	38	49	11	62	7	0	6	1,161	4	7.92	1.83	4.32	0.32	23.1	5.3	0.85	.230	1.45	5.85
21	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	32	1967	PHI	40	17	15	.531	40	2.29	253	16	6	0	302.1	241	77	94	18	73	13	0	20	1,216	4	7.53	2.17	3.47	0.54	20.8	6.0	1.04	.260	2.80	7.17
22	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	32	1965	LAD	40	15	15	.500	40	2.79	162	9	1	0	287.0	253	89	95	19	78	3	0	10	1,169	4	5.08	2.45	2.08	0.60	13.9	6.7	1.15	.258	2.98	7.93
23	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	32	1964	LAD	40	18	16	.529	40	2.18	237	21	5	0	321.1	242	78	91	15	68	10	0	9	1,264	11	6.64	1.90	3.49	0.42	18.8	5.4	0.96	.243	2.55	6.78
24	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	32	1917	CWS	49	28	12	.700	35	1.54	153	29	7	4	345.1	247	59	76	2	70	4	11		1,321	1	3.99	1.82	2.19	0.05	11.6	5.3	0.92	.224	1.98	6.44
25	Claude Hendrix C. Hendrix	32	1914	CHF	49	29	11	.725	37	1.69	189	34	6	5	362.0	262		91	6	83	6	12			7	4.70	2.06	2.28	0.15		7.0	0.95	.285	2.26	6.51

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