who has the most quality starts since 2000

Since 2000, Justin Verlander has the most quality starts, with 359.

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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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	359	557	266	159	.626	557	3.33	3,560	26	9	0	3576.2	3,057	1,324	1,435	374	1,007	121	0	28	14,646	100	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	7.69
2	CC Sabathia	319	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	3,093	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.56
3	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	318	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	2,979	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	8.52
4	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	304	518	214	160	.572	493	3.81	1,870	33	10	0	3283.1	3,472	1,391	1,542	361	734	79	6	49	13,705	27	5.13	2.01	2.55	0.99	13.6	5.4	1.28	.292	4.23	9.52
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	302	501	224	126	.640	492	3.29	3,557	12	5	0	3047.2	2,511	1,113	1,186	369	814	116	2	20	12,351	83	10.50	2.40	4.37	1.09	28.8	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	7.42
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.91
7	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	289	461	211	131	.617	458	3.50	1,948	25	13	0	2990.1	2,836	1,164	1,263	240	855	120	0	82	12,425	78	5.86	2.57	2.28	0.72	15.7	6.9	1.23	.280	3.80	8.54
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	268	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	2,560	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	8.09
9	John Lackey J. Lackey	267	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	2,294	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	9.07
10	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	265	483	211	167	.558	472	4.11	2,150	30	10	0	2958.2	3,096	1,351	1,465	388	748	51	2	36	12,487	32	6.54	2.28	2.87	1.18	17.2	6.0	1.30	.296	4.46	9.42
11	Jon Lester J. Lester	261	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	2,488	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	8.57
12	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	258	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	2,524	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	8.20
13	James Shields J. Shields	246	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	2,234	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	8.88
14	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	246	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	2,202	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	8.69
15	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	245	378	194	98	.664	370	3.36	2,022	65	19	0	2586.0	2,481	966	1,055	215	511	77	4	27	10,566	50	7.04	1.78	3.96	0.75	19.1	4.8	1.16	.293	3.67	8.63
16	A.J. Burnett	241	428	160	155	.508	423	3.99	2,480	24	10	0	2690.0	2,482	1,194	1,305	260	1,075	143	1	33	11,483	161	8.30	3.60	2.31	0.87	21.6	9.4	1.32	.295	4.37	8.30
17	Barry Zito B. Zito	237	433	165	143	.536	421	4.04	1,885	12	5	0	2576.2	2,381	1,157	1,254	282	1,064	97	9	52	11,001	50	6.58	3.72	1.77	0.98	17.1	9.7	1.34	.274	4.38	8.32
18	Dan Haren D. Haren	235	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	2,013	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	8.77
19	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	234	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	2,207	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	8.08
20	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	225	365	163	102	.615	341	3.36	1,852	20	8	0	2245.1	2,199	838	897	197	520	80	7	34	9,301	30	7.42	2.08	3.56	0.79	19.9	5.6	1.21	.301	3.60	8.81
21	Ervin Santana E. Santana	223	425	151	129	.539	386	4.11	1,978	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	1,221	331	776	104	20	35	10,482	104	7.16	2.81	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.42	8.65
22	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
23	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	221	391	151	137	.524	385	4.04	2,284	25	7	0	2513.0	2,434	1,129	1,212	322	643	73	4	52	10,504	72	8.18	2.30	3.55	1.15	21.7	6.1	1.22	.294	4.34	8.72
24	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	221	438	151	150	.502	394	4.45	1,596	39	9	1	2655.2	2,949	1,312	1,404	297	846	67	17	72	11,472	35	5.41	2.87	1.89	1.01	13.9	7.4	1.43	.306	4.76	9.99
25	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

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