pitchers with most quality starts in 2017 mlb

Chris Sale and Justin Verlander were tied for the most quality starts in a season in 2017, with 23.

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Data note: Quality Starts: player game data complete from 1908
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	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	23	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	308	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	6.93
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	23	2017	TOT	33	15	8	.652	33	3.36	219	0	0	0	206.0	170	77	80	27	72	4	0	4	849	5	9.57	3.15	3.04	1.18	25.8	8.5	1.17	.271	3.50	7.43
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	22	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	268	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	5.65
4	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	22	2017	WSH	32	15	9	.625	32	2.96	188	0	0	0	201.0	158	66	69	21	79	7	0	5	827	7	8.42	3.54	2.38	0.94	22.7	9.6	1.18	.258	3.09	7.07
5	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	22	2017	CLE	29	18	4	.818	29	2.25	265	5	3	0	203.2	141	51	56	21	36	5	0	2	777	4	11.71	1.59	7.36	0.93	34.1	4.6	0.87	.267	2.47	6.23
6	Luis Severino L. Severino	21	2017	NYY	31	14	6	.700	31	2.98	230	0	0	0	193.1	150	64	73	21	51	6	0	0	783	6	10.71	2.37	4.51	0.98	29.4	6.5	1.04	.272	3.40	6.98
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	21	2017	NYM	31	15	10	.600	31	3.53	239	1	0	0	201.1	180	79	87	28	59	2	0	5	827	7	10.68	2.64	4.05	1.25	28.9	7.1	1.19	.305	3.89	8.05
8	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	20	2017	SFG	32	9	15	.375	32	4.42	205	1	1	0	207.2	204	102	107	30	32	6	0	1	847	2	8.88	1.39	6.41	1.30	24.2	3.8	1.14	.303	4.64	8.84
9	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	20	2017	TOR	33	13	9	.591	33	3.09	164	2	0	0	201.0	201	69	82	21	62	6	0	1	834	3	7.34	2.78	2.65	0.94	19.7	7.4	1.31	.310	3.67	9.00
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	20	2017	PIT	33	12	12	.500	33	4.26	196	0	0	0	203.0	199	96	98	31	55	4	0	1	849	7	8.69	2.44	3.56	1.37	23.1	6.5	1.25	.298	4.34	8.82
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	20	2017	LAD	27	18	4	.818	27	2.31	202	1	0	0	175.0	136	45	49	23	30	0	0	0	679	4	10.39	1.54	6.73	1.18	29.7	4.4	0.95	.267	2.52	6.99
12	Ervin Santana E. Santana	20	2017	MIN	33	16	8	.667	33	3.28	167	5	3	0	211.1	177	77	85	31	61	8	0	2	864	12	7.11	2.60	2.74	1.32	19.3	7.1	1.13	.245	3.62	7.54
13	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	20	2017	WSH	28	15	4	.789	28	2.52	204	1	1	0	175.1	131	49	55	13	47	7	0	5	701	3	10.47	2.41	4.34	0.67	29.1	6.7	1.02	.274	2.82	6.72
14	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	20	2017	ATL	32	11	13	.458	32	4.49	151	0	0	0	188.1	186	94	103	31	72	7	0	3	812	6	7.22	3.44	2.10	1.48	18.6	8.9	1.37	.281	4.92	8.89
15	Chris Archer C. Archer	20	2017	TBR	34	10	12	.455	34	4.07	249	0	0	0	201.0	193	91	101	27	60	5	0	0	852	15	11.15	2.69	4.15	1.21	29.2	7.0	1.26	.325	4.52	8.64
16	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	20	2017	STL	32	12	11	.522	32	3.64	217	2	2	0	205.0	179	83	93	27	71	8	0	3	858	9	9.53	3.12	3.06	1.19	25.3	8.3	1.22	.284	4.08	7.86
17	Dylan Bundy D. Bundy	19	2017	BAL	28	13	9	.591	28	4.24	152	1	1	0	169.2	152	80	82	26	51	7	0	0	698	0	8.06	2.71	2.98	1.38	21.8	7.3	1.20	.273	4.35	8.06
18	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	19	2017	CLE	32	18	6	.750	32	3.29	226	1	0	0	200.0	173	73	73	21	46	10	0	2	798	10	10.17	2.07	4.91	0.95	28.3	5.8	1.10	.307	3.29	7.79
19	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	19	2017	ARI	33	14	13	.519	32	4.03	178	0	0	0	189.2	208	85	97	26	61	3	0	8	826	10	8.45	2.89	2.92	1.23	21.5	7.4	1.42	.326	4.60	9.87
20	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	19	2017	TOT	31	10	12	.455	31	3.86	209	0	0	0	186.2	159	80	83	27	58	6	0	1	766	12	10.08	2.80	3.60	1.30	27.3	7.6	1.16	.283	4.00	7.67
21	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	19	2017	BOS	33	11	17	.393	33	4.65	181	2	0	0	203.1	236	105	125	38	48	6	0	1	885	5	8.01	2.12	3.77	1.68	20.5	5.4	1.40	.324	5.53	10.45
22	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	19	2017	ARI	32	17	7	.708	32	3.20	215	1	0	0	202.1	172	72	80	25	45	0	0	0	801	12	9.56	2.00	4.78	1.11	26.8	5.6	1.07	.285	3.56	7.65
23	Andrew Cashner A. Cashner	18	2017	TEX	28	11	11	.500	28	3.40	86	0	0	0	166.2	156	63	75	15	64	9	0	0	704	10	4.64	3.46	1.34	0.81	12.2	9.1	1.32	.266	4.05	8.42
24	R.A. Dickey	18	2017	ATL	31	10	10	.500	31	4.26	136	0	0	0	190.0	193	90	99	26	67	10	0	3	815	13	6.44	3.17	2.03	1.23	16.7	8.2	1.37	.290	4.69	9.14
25	Michael Fulmer M. Fulmer	18	2017	DET	25	10	12	.455	25	3.83	114	1	0	0	164.2	150	70	80	13	40	8	0	2	676	3	6.23	2.19	2.85	0.71	16.9	5.9	1.15	.273	4.37	8.20

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