Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2007, (requiring GS>=299), Stats only available back to 1957, sorted by greatest QSperc

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Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2007, (requiring GS>=299), Stats only available back to 1957, sorted by greatest QSperc

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Cnt Player **QS%** GS From To Ages G CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Tom Seaver .702 647 1967 1986 22-41 656 231 61 6 311 205 .603 1 4782.2 3971 1674 1521 1390 3640 2.86 127 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-NYM-CHW 2 Pedro Martinez .699 375 1992 2006 20-34 442 46 17 23 206 92 .691 3 2645.2 2013 907 825 701 2998 2.81 160 213 10582 26 129 5 59 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM 3 Mel Stottlemyre .694 356 1964 1974 22-32 360 152 40 3 164 139 .541 1 2661.1 2435 1003 878 809 1257 2.97 112 171 10972 75 44 1 57 NYY 4 Randy Johnson .682 547 1988 2007 24-43 557 98 37 5 280 148 .654 2 3803.2 3019 1536 1363 1413 4551 3.23 137 363 15671 28 180 31 101 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY 5 Bob Gibson .680 482 1959 1975 23-39 528 255 56 21 251 174 .591 6 3884.1 3279 1420 1258 1336 3117 2.91 127 257 16068 118 102 13 108 STL 6 Don Drysdale .667 453 1957 1969 20-32 493 165 49 28 204 161 .559 6 3333 2989 1257 1095 824 2431 2.96 120 271 13684 120 151 10 79 BRO-LAD 7 Sandy Koufax .666 299 1957 1966 21-30 369 135 38 39 161 81 .665 9 2224 1655 754 667 760 2336 2.70 134 192 9053 47 17 4 84 BRO-LAD 8 Curt Schilling .663 416 1988 2007 21-40 549 82 19 81 209 139 .601 22 3136 2857 1261 1199 693 3035 3.44 127 329 12757 42 50 8 72 BAL-HOU-PHI-TOT-ARI-BOS 9 Kevin Brown .660 476 1986 2005 21-40 486 72 17 1 211 144 .594 0 3256.1 3079 1357 1185 901 2397 3.28 127 208 13542 42 139 15 108 TEX-BAL-FLA-SDP-LAD-NYY 10 Greg Maddux .659 677 1986 2007 20-41 681 108 35 3 334 205 .620 0 4639.2 4325 1795 1585 947 3183 3.07 136 319 18885 170 126 26 65 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 11 Roger Clemens .659 690 1984 2006 21-43 691 118 46 0 348 178 .662 0 4817.2 4086 1833 1661 1549 4604 3.10 144 354 19820 63 154 20 136 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU 12 Steve Rogers .659 393 1973 1985 23-35 399 129 37 3 158 152 .510 2 2837.2 2619 1122 1001 876 1621 3.17 116 151 11702 75 43 8 87 MON 13 Gaylord Perry .657 690 1962 1983 23-44 777 303 53 33 314 265 .542 11 5350.1 4938 2128 1846 1379 3534 3.11 117 399 21953 164 108 6 160 SFG-CLE-TOT-TEX-SDP-TOT-ATL-SEA 14 Claude Osteen .656 488 1957 1975 17-35 541 140 40 24 196 195 .501 1 3460.1 3471 1435 1268 940 1612 3.30 104 249 14433 93 45 6 67 CIN-TOT-WSA-LAD-CHW 15 Jon Matlack .648 318 1971 1983 21-33 361 97 30 23 125 126 .498 3 2363 2276 970 835 638 1516 3.18 114 161 9789 69 26 9 68 NYM-TEX 16 Jim Palmer .647 521 1965 1984 19-38 558 211 53 15 268 152 .638 4 3948 3349 1395 1253 1311 2212 2.86 125 303 16112 37 38 11 85 BAL 17 Tom Glavine .644 640 1987 2007 21-41 640 55 24 0 293 192 .604 0 4179 4039 1771 1606 1411 2497 3.46 120 326 17591 139 64 7 63 ATL-NYM 18 Larry Jackson .643 403 1957 1968 26-37 470 145 36 37 183 167 .523 9 3000 2942 1268 1109 707 1571 3.33 115 229 12452 87 58 5 50 STL-CHC-TOT-PHI 19 Don Sutton .639 756 1966 1988 21-43 774 178 58 12 324 256 .559 5 5282.1 4692 2104 1914 1343 3574 3.26 108 472 21631 102 82 21 112 LAD-HOU-TOT-MIL-CAL-LAD 20 Rick Reuschel .637 529 1972 1991 23-42 557 102 26 16 214 191 .528 5 3548.1 3588 1494 1330 935 2015 3.37 114 221 14888 117 88 10 89 CHC-TOT-PIT-SFG 21 Bob Friend .636 346 1957 1966 26-35 373 114 26 19 138 154 .473 4 2420.2 2528 1036 908 490 1215 3.38 110 182 10095 93 35 9 34 PIT-TOT 22 Larry Dierker .635 329 1964 1977 17-30 356 106 25 10 139 123 .531 1 2333.2 2130 948 857 711 1493 3.31 104 184 9661 43 50 10 104 HOU-STL 23 Juan Marichal .632 457 1960 1975 22-37 471 244 52 11 243 142 .631 2 3507.1 3153 1329 1126 709 2303 2.89 122 320 14236 82 40 20 51 SFG-BOS-LAD 24 Steve Carlton .630 709 1965 1988 20-43 741 254 55 13 329 244 .574 2 5217.1 4672 2130 1864 1833 4136 3.22 115 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 25 Orel Hershiser .629 466 1983 2000 24-41 510 68 25 19 204 150 .576 5 3130.1 2939 1366 1211 1007 2014 3.48 112 235 13150 108 117 23 121 LAD-CLE-SFG-NYM-LAD ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **QS%** GS From To Ages G CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Bert Blyleven .626 685 1970 1992 19-41 692 242 60 3 287 250 .534 0 4970 4632 2029 1830 1322 3701 3.31 118 430 20491 71 155 19 114 MIN-TOT-TEX-PIT-CLE-MIN-CAL 27 Jim Bunning .626 508 1957 1971 25-39 561 151 40 31 216 178 .548 14 3656 3319 1465 1308 940 2784 3.22 116 358 15132 92 157 8 43 DET-PHI-PIT-TOT 28 Whitey Ford .626 305 1957 1967 28-38 342 91 30 19 156 78 .667 5 2161.1 1947 766 661 626 1384 2.75 130 165 8869 34 16 4 55 NYY 29 John Smoltz .624 434 1988 2007 21-40 675 53 16 204 195 138 .586 154 3193 2792 1267 1165 949 2800 3.28 126 260 13100 75 52 16 136 ATL 30 Nolan Ryan .622 773 1966 1993 19-46 807 222 61 13 324 292 .526 3 5386 3923 2178 1911 2795 5714 3.19 112 321 22575 78 158 33 277 NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX 31 Jerry Koosman .622 527 1967 1985 24-42 612 140 33 43 222 209 .515 17 3839.1 3635 1608 1433 1198 2556 3.36 110 290 15996 121 71 29 89 NYM-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI 32 Mike Mussina .621 477 1991 2007 22-38 477 57 23 0 239 135 .639 0 3216.1 3069 1390 1302 723 2576 3.64 124 345 13151 24 49 1 66 BAL-NYY 33 Dave McNally .621 396 1962 1975 19-32 424 120 33 7 184 119 .607 2 2730 2488 1070 982 826 1512 3.24 106 230 11229 56 72 11 59 BAL-MON 34 Catfish Hunter .620 476 1965 1979 19-33 500 181 42 6 224 166 .574 1 3449.1 2958 1380 1248 954 2012 3.26 104 374 14032 57 49 7 49 KCA-OAK-NYY 35 Phil Niekro .617 716 1964 1987 25-48 864 245 45 83 318 274 .537 29 5404.1 5044 2337 2012 1809 3342 3.35 115 482 22677 86 123 42 226 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT 36 David Cone .616 419 1986 2003 23-40 450 56 22 9 194 126 .606 1 2898.2 2504 1222 1115 1137 2668 3.46 120 258 12184 42 106 32 149 KCR-NYM-TOT-KCR-NYY-BOS 37 Tommy John .616 700 1963 1989 20-46 760 162 46 22 288 231 .555 4 4710.1 4783 2017 1749 1259 2245 3.34 111 302 19692 102 98 16 187 CLE-CHW-LAD-NYY-TOT-CAL 38 Burt Hooton .615 377 1971 1985 21-35 480 86 29 35 151 136 .526 7 2652 2497 1112 996 799 1491 3.38 108 193 11025 58 20 4 62 CHC-TOT-LAD-TEX 39 Dwight Gooden .612 410 1984 2000 19-35 430 68 24 4 194 112 .634 3 2800.2 2564 1198 1091 954 2293 3.51 110 210 11705 42 78 33 76 NYM-NYY-CLE-TOT 40 Jimmy Key .609 389 1984 1998 23-37 470 34 13 28 186 117 .614 10 2591.2 2518 1104 1010 668 1538 3.51 122 254 10719 29 38 12 50 TOR-NYY-BAL 41 Al Downing .609 317 1961 1977 20-36 405 73 24 37 123 107 .535 3 2268.1 1946 938 811 933 1639 3.22 106 177 9539 32 31 11 77 NYY-TOT-LAD 42 Fritz Peterson .609 330 1966 1976 24-34 355 90 20 9 133 131 .504 1 2218.1 2217 947 813 426 1015 3.30 101 173 9103 75 42 6 33 NYY-TOT-CLE 43 Andy Benes .607 387 1989 2002 21-34 403 21 9 6 155 139 .527 1 2505.1 2377 1206 1106 909 2000 3.97 104 289 10645 52 55 16 63 SDP-TOT-STL-ARI 44 Bob Welch .606 462 1978 1994 21-37 506 61 28 20 211 146 .591 8 3092 2894 1310 1191 1034 1969 3.47 106 267 12956 60 79 45 55 LAD-OAK 45 Bret Saberhagen .604 371 1984 2001 20-37 399 76 16 13 167 117 .588 1 2562.2 2452 1036 952 471 1715 3.34 126 218 10421 34 59 12 53 KCR-NYM-TOT-BOS 46 Ron Guidry .604 323 1975 1988 24-37 368 95 26 24 170 91 .651 4 2392 2198 953 874 633 1778 3.29 120 226 9794 24 13 8 56 NYY 47 Fergie Jenkins .603 594 1965 1983 22-40 664 267 49 37 284 226 .557 7 4500.2 4142 1853 1669 997 3192 3.34 115 484 18400 116 84 18 62 PHI-TOT-CHC-TEX-BOS-CHC 48 Ron Darling .602 364 1983 1995 22-34 382 37 13 5 136 116 .540 0 2360.1 2244 1139 1016 906 1590 3.87 95 239 10032 40 59 24 97 NYM-TOT-OAK 49 Mike Scott .602 319 1979 1991 24-36 347 45 22 13 124 108 .534 3 2068.2 1858 908 813 627 1469 3.54 100 173 8571 53 33 19 39 NYM-HOU 50 Chris Short .601 308 1959 1973 21-35 501 88 24 78 135 132 .506 18 2325 2215 991 886 806 1629 3.43 103 183 9801 74 61 6 73 PHI-MIL

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