Bucky Walters struck out his most hitters in a postseason game in Game 2 of the 1939 World Series versus the Yankees, with 5 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. Walters | 5 | 10/5/1939 |  CIN | @ |  NYY | L | 1 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2 | | B. Walters | 4 | 10/3/1940 | CIN | vs |  DET | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 3 | | B. Walters | 2 | 10/7/1940 | CIN | vs | DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 4 | | B. Walters | 1 | 10/8/1939 | CIN | vs | NYY | L | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
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