who has the most quality starts in a season since 1950

Since 1950, Wilbur Wood has the most quality starts in a season, with 37 in 1971.

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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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	31	1974	OAK	41	25	12	.676	41	2.49	143	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	7.58
17	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	31	1974	ATL	41	20	13	.606	39	2.38	195	18	6	1	302.1	249	80	91	19	88	6	1	3	1,219	6	5.80	2.62	2.22	0.57	16.0	7.2	1.11	.252	2.71	7.41
18	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	31	1973	NYM	36	19	10	.655	36	2.08	251	18	3	0	290.0	219	67	74	23	64	4	0	5	1,147	5	7.79	1.99	3.92	0.71	21.9	5.6	0.98	.243	2.30	6.80
19	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	31	1972	MIN	39	17	17	.500	38	2.73	228	11	3	0	287.1	247	87	93	22	69	10	1	7	1,159	7	7.14	2.16	3.30	0.69	19.7	6.0	1.10	.271	2.91	7.74
20	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	31	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	1.97	310	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	6.68
21	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	31	1971	DET	45	25	14	.641	45	2.92	308	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	8.04
22	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	31	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	289	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	6.60
23	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	31	1969	LAD	41	20	15	.571	41	2.66	183	16	7	0	321.0	293	95	103	17	74	6	0	8	1,291	8	5.13	2.07	2.47	0.48	14.2	5.7	1.14	.273	2.89	8.21
24	Bill Hands B. Hands	31	1969	CHC	41	20	14	.588	41	2.49	181	18	3	0	300.0	268	83	102	21	73	6	0	8	1,220	5	5.43	2.19	2.48	0.63	14.8	6.0	1.14	.263	3.06	8.04
25	Dave McNally D. McNally	31	1968	BAL	35	22	10	.688	35	1.95	202	18	5	0	273.0	175	59	67	24	55	10	0	1	1,038	5	6.66	1.81	3.67	0.79	19.5	5.3	0.84	.202	2.21	5.77

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