Framber Valdez had the most quality starts in a season in 2022, with 26.

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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	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	26	2022	HOU	31	17	6	.739	31	2.82	194	3	1	0	201.1	166	63	71	11	67	11	0	0	827	11	8.67	3.00	2.90	0.49	23.5	8.1	1.16	.285	3.17	7.42
2	Alek Manoah A. Manoah	25	2022	TOR	31	16	7	.696	31	2.24	180	0	0	0	196.2	144	49	55	16	51	15	0	0	786	5	8.24	2.33	3.53	0.73	22.9	6.5	0.99	.244	2.52	6.59
3	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	25	2022	SDP	30	16	8	.667	30	3.10	197	0	0	0	194.2	148	67	67	22	37	12	0	0	771	4	9.11	1.71	5.32	1.02	25.6	4.8	0.95	.250	3.10	6.84
4	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	24	2022	MIA	32	14	9	.609	32	2.28	207	6	1	0	228.2	174	58	67	16	50	9	0	1	886	3	8.15	1.97	4.14	0.63	23.4	5.6	0.98	.262	2.64	6.85
5	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	23	2022	TEX	32	12	8	.600	32	2.89	169	1	1	0	196.1	178	63	70	11	69	6	0	0	821	6	7.75	3.16	2.45	0.50	20.6	8.4	1.26	.295	3.21	8.16
6	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	23	2022	CLE	31	13	8	.619	31	2.88	198	1	0	0	200.0	172	64	70	18	36	2	0	0	791	5	8.91	1.62	5.50	0.81	25.0	4.6	1.04	.287	3.15	7.74
7	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	22	2022	STL	33	12	13	.480	32	3.29	153	1	0	0	202.1	170	74	81	25	39	6	0	0	805	1	6.81	1.73	3.92	1.11	19.0	4.8	1.03	.249	3.60	7.56
8	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	21	2022	SDP	30	10	7	.588	30	2.93	184	0	0	0	181.0	154	59	67	22	42	14	0	1	740	4	9.15	2.09	4.38	1.09	24.9	5.7	1.08	.276	3.33	7.66
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	21	2022	HOU	28	18	4	.818	28	1.75	185	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	5.97
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	21	2022	NYY	33	13	8	.619	33	3.50	257	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	6.91
11	Max Fried M. Fried	21	2022	ATL	30	14	7	.667	30	2.48	170	0	0	0	185.1	156	51	55	12	32	4	0	2	733	9	8.26	1.55	5.31	0.58	23.2	4.4	1.01	.280	2.67	7.58
12	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	21	2022	MIL	33	12	8	.600	33	2.94	243	0	0	0	202.0	144	66	73	23	51	13	0	0	797	10	10.83	2.27	4.76	1.02	30.5	6.4	0.97	.259	3.25	6.42
13	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	19	2022	ARI	31	12	4	.750	31	2.54	192	0	0	0	184.0	121	52	56	15	47	12	0	0	714	5	9.39	2.30	4.09	0.73	26.9	6.6	0.91	.237	2.74	5.92
14	Julio Urías J. Urías	19	2022	LAD	31	17	7	.708	31	2.16	166	0	0	0	175.0	127	42	51	23	41	5	0	0	689	0	8.54	2.11	4.05	1.18	24.1	6.0	0.96	.229	2.62	6.53
15	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	19	2022	NYM	30	15	9	.625	30	3.42	167	0	0	0	181.2	159	69	71	19	49	13	0	0	745	5	8.27	2.43	3.41	0.94	22.4	6.6	1.14	.282	3.52	7.88
16	Kyle Wright K. Wright	19	2022	ATL	30	21	5	.808	30	3.19	174	0	0	0	180.1	156	64	67	19	53	9	0	0	738	7	8.68	2.65	3.28	0.95	23.6	7.2	1.16	.284	3.34	7.79
17	Logan Webb L. Webb	19	2022	SFG	32	15	9	.625	32	2.90	163	0	0	0	192.1	174	62	76	11	49	7	0	0	787	6	7.63	2.29	3.33	0.51	20.7	6.2	1.16	.293	3.56	8.14
18	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	18	2022	CWS	25	8	10	.444	24	3.35	102	1	0	0	158.1	161	59	66	15	33	6	0	2	651	2	5.80	1.88	3.09	0.85	15.7	5.1	1.23	.295	3.75	9.15
19	Marco Gonzales M. Gonzales	18	2022	SEA	32	10	15	.400	32	4.13	103	0	0	0	183.0	194	84	97	30	50	7	0	1	783	1	5.07	2.46	2.06	1.48	13.2	6.4	1.33	.277	4.77	9.54
20	Tyler Anderson T. Anderson	18	2022	LAD	30	15	5	.750	28	2.57	138	0	0	0	178.2	145	51	57	14	34	9	0	0	707	6	6.95	1.71	4.06	0.71	19.5	4.8	1.00	.256	2.87	7.30
21	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	18	2022	ARI	33	13	8	.619	33	3.37	177	0	0	0	200.1	167	75	77	21	61	2	0	2	804	4	7.95	2.74	2.90	0.94	22.0	7.6	1.14	.269	3.46	7.50
22	Aaron Nola A. Nola	18	2022	PHI	32	11	13	.458	32	3.25	235	2	1	0	205.0	168	74	75	19	29	9	0	1	807	2	10.32	1.27	8.10	0.83	29.1	3.6	0.96	.289	3.29	7.38
23	Robbie Ray R. Ray	18	2022	SEA	32	12	12	.500	32	3.71	212	0	0	0	189.0	163	78	80	32	62	7	0	0	775	5	10.10	2.95	3.42	1.52	27.4	8.0	1.19	.284	3.81	7.76
24	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	18	2022	TBR	28	12	8	.600	28	2.54	194	0	0	0	166.1	116	47	52	19	38	3	0	1	641	9	10.50	2.06	5.11	1.03	30.3	5.9	0.93	.251	2.81	6.28
25	Triston McKenzie T. McKenzie	18	2022	CLE	31	11	11	.500	30	2.96	190	0	0	0	191.1	138	63	65	25	44	5	1	0	741	8	8.94	2.07	4.32	1.18	25.6	5.9	0.95	.237	3.06	6.49

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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
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

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Thu 3/25	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Fri 3/26	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	BOS	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	BOS	@	HOU	4:00 AM

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Final

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113

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Arraez

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Misiorowski

248

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Misiorowski

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Cease

12.11

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Crow-Armstrong

2,289.3

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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
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
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Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6
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Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
Wed 9/16	DET	@	TOR	1-5

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