41 pitchers are tied for the best record in starts in a postseason, with a record of 1-0. The first three are Max Scherzer in 2025 and in 2019 and Bryce Miller and Tarik Skubal in 2025.
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best records to start by a player season and did not make playoffs| NAME | REC | GS | SEASON | TM | W% | G | W | L | 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 | ||
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| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 1-0 | 3 | 2025 |  TOR | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.77 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 6.91 | 3.77 | 1.83 | 1.88 | 19.0 | 10.3 | 1.26 | .237 | 3.77 | 7.53 |
| 2 |  | B. Miller | 1-0 | 3 | 2025 |  SEA | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 5.65 | 3.14 | 1.80 | 0.63 | 16.4 | 9.1 | 1.05 | .225 | 2.51 | 6.28 |
| 3 |  | S. Bieber | 2-0 | 4 | 2025 | TOR | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.57 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 9.17 | 3.06 | 3.00 | 1.02 | 22.8 | 7.6 | 1.47 | .340 | 4.08 | 10.19 |
| 4 |  | T. Skubal | 1-0 | 3 | 2025 |  DET | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.74 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 15.68 | 1.74 | 9.00 | 0.87 | 48.0 | 5.3 | 0.68 | .242 | 1.74 | 4.35 |
| 5 |  | G. Crochet | 1-0 | 1 | 2025 |  BOS | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 12.91 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 0.52 | .214 | 1.17 | 4.70 | |
| 6 |  | G. Cole | 1-0 | 5 | 2024 |  NYY | 1.000 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 6.83 | 3.10 | 2.20 | 0.31 | 17.7 | 8.1 | 1.28 | .286 | 4.03 | 8.38 |
| 7 |  | Y. Yamamoto | 2-0 | 4 | 2024 |  LAD | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 7.23 | 2.89 | 2.50 | 1.45 | 20.3 | 8.1 | 0.96 | .184 | 3.86 | 5.79 |
| 8 |  | C. Ragans | 1-0 | 2 | 2024 |  KCR | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 11.70 | 3.60 | 3.25 | 0.00 | 31.7 | 9.8 | 1.10 | .292 | 0.90 | 6.30 |
| 9 |  | M. King | 2-0 | 2 | 2024 |  SDP | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.75 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 11.25 | 0.75 | 15.00 | 1.50 | 31.9 | 2.1 | 0.92 | .276 | 3.75 | 7.50 |
| 10 | | J. Urquidy | 1-0 | 2 | 2023 |  HOU | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 7.88 | 2.25 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 21.2 | 6.1 | 1.25 | .200 | 5.63 | 9.00 |
| 11 | | A. Heaney | 1-0 | 3 | 2023 |  TEX | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3.86 | 3.86 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 1.50 | .303 | 4.82 | 9.64 |
| 12 |  | N. Eovaldi | 5-0 | 6 | 2023 | TEX | 1.000 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2.95 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.2 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 0 | 10.06 | 2.45 | 4.10 | 0.74 | 26.8 | 6.5 | 1.12 | .286 | 2.95 | 7.61 |
| 13 |  | P. López | 2-0 | 2 | 2023 |  MIN | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 7.11 | 2.13 | 3.33 | 0.00 | 19.2 | 5.8 | 1.11 | .289 | 0.71 | 7.82 |
| 14 |  | Z. Wheeler | 3-0 | 4 | 2023 |  PHI | 1.000 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.08 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 1 | 11.77 | 0.69 | 17.00 | 1.04 | 35.1 | 2.1 | 0.73 | .241 | 2.42 | 5.88 |
| 15 | | C. Javier | 2-0 | 2 | 2022 | HOU | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 11.12 | 3.97 | 2.80 | 0.00 | 35.9 | 12.8 | 0.53 | .050 | 0.00 | 0.79 |
| 16 |  | N. Cortes | 1-0 | 3 | 2022 | NYY | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 1.50 | .243 | 4.50 | 8.25 |
| 17 |  | F. Valdez | 3-0 | 4 | 2022 | HOU | 1.000 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1.44 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 11.88 | 2.88 | 4.13 | 0.36 | 34.4 | 8.3 | 0.88 | .245 | 2.16 | 5.04 |
| 18 | | K. Wright | 1-0 | 1 | 2022 |  ATL | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.50 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 28.6 | 4.8 | 0.50 | .143 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 19 |  | R. Suárez | 2-0 | 3 | 2022 | PHI | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.35 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 8.10 | 4.05 | 2.00 | 0.68 | 21.4 | 10.7 | 1.05 | .194 | 2.03 | 5.40 |
| 20 | | J. UrÃas | 1-0 | 1 | 2022 | LAD | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 10.80 | 0.00 | 1.80 | 31.6 | 0.0 | 0.80 | .250 | 5.40 | 7.20 | |
| 21 |  | J. Verlander | 2-0 | 4 | 2022 | HOU | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.85 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 11.25 | 3.60 | 3.13 | 1.35 | 27.5 | 8.8 | 1.55 | .370 | 5.85 | 10.35 |
| 22 |  | J. deGrom | 1-0 | 1 | 2022 |  NYM | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 32.0 | 8.0 | 1.17 | .286 | 3.00 | 7.50 |
| 23 |  | B. Snell | 2-0 | 3 | 2022 | SDP | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.61 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 11.20 | 5.93 | 1.89 | 0.66 | 27.0 | 14.3 | 1.68 | .361 | 4.61 | 9.22 |
| 24 |  | S. Bieber | 1-0 | 2 | 2022 |  CLE | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.03 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 10.13 | 2.70 | 3.75 | 1.35 | 29.4 | 7.8 | 0.90 | .200 | 2.03 | 5.40 |
| 25 | | I. Anderson | 2-0 | 4 | 2021 | ATL | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 8.47 | 3.71 | 2.29 | 0.53 | 23.5 | 10.3 | 0.94 | .190 | 1.59 | 4.76 |
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