what pitcher has had the most quality starts in a seasln

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

Showing:

All-time
Regular season

	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

Unlock 2x data

StatMuse has game-level data for quality starts going back to the 1908 season.

Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

More MLB News

Mason Miller returns to Padres' bullpen for Game 4 of NL Division Series after paternity absence

Oct 7, 2026

Brewers starting Robert Gasser to match up with Padres' Walker Buehler in Game 4 of NLDS

Oct 7, 2026

Once kicked out of Yankee Stadium, Nick Martinez returns to try to pitch the Rays into ALCS

Oct 7, 2026

Brewers can't close out Padres, lose 4-3 to run postseason road skid to record-tying 12 games

Oct 7, 2026

Padres avoid elimination, beat Brewers 4-3 in NLDS Game 3 with Cronenworth's HR, King's relief

Oct 7, 2026

Kiké Hernández continues clutch postseason hitting for Dodgers with a 2-run homer off Chris Sale

Oct 7, 2026

More Phillies Stats

Team Batting Leaders

1

Bohm

RBI

3

Bohm

AVG

.400

Marsh

Team Pitching Leaders

1

Painter

6

Luzardo

ERA

0.00

Painter

Team Rankings

182

16th

713

19th

1,577

1st

ERA

4.04

11th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

Last Game

Phillies

1 - 2

Final

Braves

2 - 1

Thu 1 Oct 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

2

Contreras

2

Muncy

Playoffs RBI Leaders

8

Rice

5

Chourio

5

Albies

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Genao

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

Playoffs Hit Leaders

9

Harris

7

Rice

7

France

Playoffs Run Leaders

5

Rice

4

Harris

4

Tatis

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Sánchez

1.000

Genao

1.000

Halpin

Playoffs SLG Leaders

2.000

Genao

2.000

Sheets

1.333

Rice

Playoffs SB Leaders

3

Chisholm

3

Acuña

2

Merrill

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

2

Lee

1

Yamamoto

1

Schlittler

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

19

Sale

15

King

14

Burke

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Sasaki

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Smith

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Smith

0.00

Chapman

0.00

Baker

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

King

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

19.00

Sale

14.00

Burke

11.00

Taylor

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

113

Rice

94

King

90.3

Albies

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

83

Rice

66

Albies

59

Harris

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-70

96-71

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

71-94

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

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

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	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

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 9/14	DET	@	TOR	6-5
Mon 9/14	ATL	@	CHC	3-7
Mon 9/14	SFG	@	STL	1-2
Mon 9/14	SDP	@	COL	8-7
Mon 9/14	SEA	@	LAA	4-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/7	TBR	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Wed 10/7	MIL	@	SDP	10:00 PM
Thu 10/8	CLE	@	CWS	5:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TBR	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Fri 10/9	SDP	@	MIL	4:30 PM

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

Related Searches

More MLB News

More Phillies Stats

1

3

.400

1

6

0.00

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

4

2

2

8

5

5

1.000

1.000

.500

9

7

7

5

4

4

1.000

1.000

1.000

2.000

2.000

1.333

3

3

2

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

2

1

1

19

15

14

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

27.00

27.00

27.00

19.00

14.00

11.00

0

0

0

MLB Fantasy 2026

113

94

90.3

83

66

59

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule