which active pitchers has the most quality starts in career

Gerrit Cole has the most career quality starts by an active pitcher, with 222.

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Data note: Quality Starts: player game data complete from 1908
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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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	222	339	163	89	.647	339	3.20	2,382	8	5	0	2081.0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	10.30	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	7.53
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	217	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	2,779	17	4	12	2246.2	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	11.13	2.08	5.36	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	7.29
3	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	196	311	127	80	.614	311	3.26	2,013	5	3	0	1890.1	1,598	684	738	187	537	80	0	14	7,731	43	9.58	2.56	3.75	0.89	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.51	7.61
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	183	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	2,052	4	2	0	1702.1	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	6.94
5	Aaron Nola A. Nola	166	318	116	101	.535	318	3.91	2,053	6	4	0	1891.0	1,699	821	862	254	508	58	0	18	7,783	20	9.77	2.42	4.04	1.21	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.10	8.09
6	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	152	343	113	94	.546	320	3.92	1,631	5	3	0	1848.0	1,803	804	851	212	501	65	6	17	7,737	59	7.94	2.44	3.26	1.03	21.1	6.5	1.25	.299	4.14	8.78
7	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	149	341	120	85	.585	320	3.83	1,574	2	2	0	1828.0	1,739	777	828	224	557	49	4	19	7,658	48	7.75	2.74	2.83	1.10	20.6	7.3	1.26	.288	4.08	8.56
8	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	140	272	88	95	.481	266	3.75	1,605	1	0	0	1541.1	1,359	642	703	199	497	55	4	10	6,416	21	9.37	2.90	3.23	1.16	25.0	7.7	1.20	.286	4.10	7.94
9	José Berríos J. Berríos	139	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	1,481	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	8.44
10	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	121	219	91	64	.587	197	3.46	1,188	9	3	0	1254.2	1,082	482	531	103	456	72	7	1	5,241	66	8.52	3.27	2.61	0.74	22.7	8.7	1.23	.286	3.81	7.76
11	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	121	247	100	75	.571	242	3.67	1,500	3	1	0	1366.1	1,136	557	604	166	515	67	1	5	5,718	68	9.88	3.39	2.91	1.09	26.2	9.0	1.21	.280	3.98	7.48
12	Logan Webb L. Webb	119	207	78	62	.557	204	3.50	1,128	4	2	0	1223.0	1,167	476	520	87	291	47	0	4	5,018	23	8.30	2.14	3.88	0.64	22.5	5.8	1.19	.312	3.83	8.59
13	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	118	273	110	73	.601	267	4.02	1,440	0	0	0	1494.1	1,453	668	709	186	517	33	1	9	6,367	18	8.67	3.11	2.79	1.12	22.6	8.1	1.32	.302	4.27	8.75
14	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	116	213	65	78	.455	202	3.69	1,084	13	5	3	1289.1	1,138	528	582	137	389	53	6	8	5,319	28	7.57	2.72	2.79	0.96	20.4	7.3	1.18	.274	4.06	7.94
15	Max Fried M. Fried	110	220	97	46	.678	203	3.01	1,156	6	4	0	1192.1	1,026	399	440	94	330	47	10	6	4,849	49	8.73	2.49	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.289	3.32	7.74
16	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	102	276	85	74	.535	229	4.16	1,328	3	3	1	1395.2	1,302	645	699	196	391	77	11	4	5,849	38	8.56	2.52	3.40	1.26	22.7	6.7	1.21	.287	4.51	8.40
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	98	231	85	63	.574	231	3.10	1,495	1	1	0	1200.2	922	414	450	111	537	12	0	6	4,964	87	11.21	4.03	2.78	0.83	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.37	6.91
18	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	97	201	75	67	.528	201	3.93	1,024	1	0	0	1170.1	1,073	511	541	158	370	21	0	12	4,847	16	7.87	2.85	2.77	1.22	21.1	7.6	1.23	.279	4.16	8.25
19	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	94	206	66	62	.516	180	3.73	1,050	2	2	2	1056.0	970	438	472	133	262	77	7	10	4,385	21	8.95	2.23	4.01	1.13	23.9	6.0	1.17	.292	4.02	8.27
20	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	91	213	63	38	.624	152	3.20	1,122	0	0	2	978.1	768	348	383	109	284	38	16	3	3,961	43	10.32	2.61	3.95	1.00	28.3	7.2	1.08	.274	3.52	7.07
21	Luis Severino L. Severino	88	213	75	61	.551	197	3.93	1,138	2	2	0	1134.2	1,036	496	542	145	356	56	4	3	4,759	30	9.03	2.82	3.20	1.15	23.9	7.5	1.23	.291	4.30	8.22
22	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	84	178	59	47	.557	178	3.60	1,089	2	1	0	1021.1	856	409	429	140	230	32	0	8	4,127	46	9.60	2.03	4.73	1.23	26.4	5.6	1.06	.272	3.78	7.54
23	Dylan Cease D. Cease	84	217	76	64	.543	217	3.67	1,470	4	4	0	1184.1	962	483	536	132	508	38	0	9	4,989	61	11.17	3.86	2.89	1.00	29.5	10.2	1.24	.292	4.07	7.31
24	Pablo López P. López	84	172	59	53	.527	172	3.81	994	1	1	0	965.0	883	409	433	115	251	53	0	12	3,995	26	9.27	2.34	3.96	1.07	24.9	6.3	1.18	.297	4.04	8.24
25	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	79	392	71	56	.559	155	3.74	1,088	1	0	16	1165.1	1,089	484	520	145	330	46	66	18	4,849	24	8.40	2.55	3.30	1.12	22.4	6.8	1.22	.291	4.02	8.41

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