Bob Gibson struck out his most hitters in a postseason game in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series against the Tigers, with 17 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Gibson | 17 | 10/2/1968 |  STL | vs |  DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | | B. Gibson | 13 | 10/12/1964 | STL | @ |  NYY | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 |
| 3 | | B. Gibson | 10 | 10/6/1968 | STL | @ | DET | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 4 | | B. Gibson | 10 | 10/12/1967 | STL | @ |  BOS | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 5 | | B. Gibson | 10 | 10/4/1967 | STL | @ | BOS | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 6 | | B. Gibson | 9 | 10/15/1964 | STL | vs | NYY | W | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 7 | | B. Gibson | 9 | 10/8/1964 | STL | vs | NYY | L | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| 8 | | B. Gibson | 8 | 10/10/1968 | STL | vs | DET | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| 9 | | B. Gibson | 6 | 10/8/1967 | STL | vs | BOS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 10 |  | P. Niekro | 5 | 10/9/1982 |  ATL | @ | STL | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 11 | | P. Niekro | 4 | 10/4/1969 | ATL | vs |  NYM | L | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
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