pitcher with most quality starts through first 4 years after 1960

Don Drysdale had the most quality starts by a pitcher in his first 4 seasons, with 111.

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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	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	111	165	75	52	.591	160	2.78	902	67	13	1	1195.0	1,037	369	438	90	286	51	4	49	4,866	30	6.79	2.15	3.15	0.68	18.5	5.9	1.11	.268	3.30	7.81
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	110	144	75	44	.630	140	2.49	866	69	14	1	1093.0	880	303	336	79	291	24	4	28	4,379	26	7.13	2.40	2.98	0.65	19.8	6.6	1.07	.257	2.77	7.25
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	100	144	63	58	.521	141	2.76	845	58	18	0	1054.2	953	323	363	76	242	26	2	18	4,281	21	7.21	2.07	3.49	0.65	19.7	5.7	1.13	.284	3.10	8.13
4	Bob Friend B. Friend	98	154	62	67	.481	144	3.12	523	48	13	2	1006.2	1,040	349	403	62	192	14	7	40	4,184	16	4.68	1.72	2.72	0.55	12.5	4.6	1.22	.288	3.60	9.30
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	94	139	76	30	.717	129	2.40	1,014	61	22	3	974.0	714	260	295	71	264	8	5	22	3,892	30	9.37	2.44	3.84	0.66	26.1	6.8	1.00	.254	2.73	6.60
6	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	93	124	73	26	.737	124	2.46	892	42	16	0	924.1	718	253	283	48	275	10	0	11	3,694	14	8.69	2.68	3.24	0.47	24.1	7.4	1.07	.271	2.76	6.99
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	93	154	83	25	.769	149	2.76	731	43	14	2	1054.2	937	324	359	81	274	9	3	10	4,294	27	6.24	2.34	2.67	0.69	17.0	6.4	1.15	.268	3.06	8.00
8	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	92	159	67	42	.615	146	3.30	793	43	13	10	1059.0	987	388	443	114	260	41	12	12	4,409	12	6.74	2.21	3.05	0.97	18.0	5.9	1.18	.273	3.76	8.39
9	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	90	123	56	27	.675	122	3.04	907	7	4	0	811.0	666	274	295	51	293	19	0	15	3,348	47	10.07	3.25	3.10	0.57	27.1	8.8	1.18	.296	3.27	7.39
10	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	88	146	68	51	.571	138	3.26	526	55	12	0	1036.0	991	375	436	73	232	17	3	22	4,282	18	4.57	2.02	2.27	0.63	12.3	5.4	1.18	.267	3.79	8.61
11	Jim O'Toole J. O'Toole	87	138	69	43	.616	131	3.05	639	43	14	2	958.2	853	325	372	57	288	11	3	22	3,943	19	6.00	2.70	2.22	0.54	16.2	7.3	1.19	.270	3.49	8.01
12	Brandon Webb B. Webb	86	130	47	45	.511	129	3.28	686	8	4	0	852.2	779	311	365	65	296	32	1	23	3,576	45	7.24	3.12	2.32	0.69	19.2	8.3	1.26	.286	3.85	8.22
13	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	86	132	69	38	.645	130	3.25	766	44	10	0	949.2	816	343	376	87	283	14	2	11	3,884	11	7.26	2.68	2.71	0.82	19.7	7.3	1.16	.267	3.56	7.73
14	Barry Zito B. Zito	85	119	61	29	.678	119	3.12	611	9	4	0	768.0	616	266	299	67	291	30	0	7	3,174	14	7.16	3.41	2.10	0.79	19.3	9.2	1.18	.252	3.50	7.22
15	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	85	116	42	42	.500	114	3.07	428	20	10	0	773.2	713	264	299	30	242	26	1	24	3,225	42	4.98	2.82	1.77	0.35	13.3	7.5	1.23	.273	3.48	8.29
16	Randy Jones R. Jones	85	137	57	54	.514	129	3.03	397	53	13	2	948.1	862	319	379	61	221	10	6	39	3,866	8	3.77	2.10	1.80	0.58	10.3	5.7	1.14	.252	3.60	8.18
17	Don Sutton D. Sutton	85	150	51	60	.459	137	3.28	757	35	11	2	959.1	863	350	375	68	259	14	8	36	3,951	21	7.10	2.43	2.92	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.17	.279	3.52	8.10
18	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	85	140	77	37	.675	136	2.93	731	67	15	1	1038.0	916	338	391	103	251	8	4	24	4,230	16	6.34	2.18	2.91	0.89	17.3	5.9	1.12	.259	3.39	7.94
19	Ross Grimsley R. Grimsley	82	134	55	38	.591	129	3.20	394	35	9	3	897.0	857	319	347	83	237	5	4	30	3,680	19	3.95	2.38	1.66	0.83	10.7	6.4	1.22	.261	3.48	8.60
20	Dick Drago D. Drago	81	145	49	56	.467	127	3.36	479	43	9	1	921.1	910	344	377	75	234	24	12	16	3,798	12	4.68	2.29	2.05	0.73	12.6	6.2	1.24	.280	3.68	8.89
21	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	81	123	56	47	.544	120	2.99	503	42	13	1	893.0	801	297	337	59	293	12	2	24	3,684	19	5.07	2.95	1.72	0.59	13.7	8.0	1.23	.263	3.40	8.07
22	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	80	136	71	48	.597	133	3.13	842	65	17	0	1025.2	891	357	410	102	338	11	2	16	4,256	31	7.39	2.97	2.49	0.90	19.8	7.9	1.20	.266	3.60	7.82
23	Dontrelle Willis D. Willis	79	127	58	39	.598	127	3.44	611	15	8	0	817.1	805	312	345	65	257	38	0	17	3,451	17	6.73	2.83	2.38	0.72	17.7	7.4	1.30	.298	3.80	8.86
24	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	79	122	64	26	.711	122	3.42	634	10	4	0	812.0	743	309	343	71	277	25	0	21	3,390	29	7.03	3.07	2.29	0.79	18.7	8.2	1.26	.282	3.80	8.24
25	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	79	143	49	52	.485	126	2.94	462	39	9	0	880.2	790	288	344	54	155	13	5	35	3,534	8	4.72	1.58	2.98	0.55	13.1	4.4	1.07	.258	3.52	8.07

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