brett saberhagen most strikeouts in a playoff game

Bret Saberhagen fanned his most batters in a postseason game in Game 3 of the 1985 World Series against the Cardinals, with 8 strikeouts.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
8
10/22/1985
KCR KCR
@
STL STL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
2 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
7
10/2/1998
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
4
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
26
0
3 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
5
10/17/1999
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
1
3
1
1
0
0
1
25
0
4 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
5
10/3/1984
KCR KCR
vs
DET DET
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
32
0
5 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
4
10/11/1985
KCR KCR
vs
TOR TOR
1
10.38
0
0
0
4.1
9
5
5
2
1
0
0
0
21
0
6 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
3
10/7/1995
COL COL
@
ATL ATL
L
1
11.25
0
0
0
4.0
7
5
6
1
1
0
0
0
20
0
7 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
2
10/7/1999
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
L
1
20.25
0
0
0
2.2
5
6
6
1
3
0
0
0
15
0
8 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
2
10/27/1985
KCR KCR
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
9 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
2
10/16/1985
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
1
0.00
0
0
0
3.0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
14
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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