David Wells struck out his most batters in a postseason game in Game 5 of the 1998 ALCS versus the Cleveland Indians, with 11 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Wells | 11 | 10/11/1998 |  NYY | @ |  CLE | W | 1 | 3.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 2 | | D. Wells | 9 | 9/29/1998 | NYY | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 3 | | D. Wells | 8 | 10/6/1995 |  CIN | vs |  LAD | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | | D. Wells | 7 | 10/6/1998 | NYY | vs | CLE | W | 1 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 5 | | D. Wells | 6 | 10/10/1996 |  BAL | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 4.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 6 | | D. Wells | 5 | 10/14/2003 | NYY | @ |  BOS | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 7 | | D. Wells | 5 | 10/5/2003 | NYY | @ |  MIN | W | 1 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 8 | | D. Wells | 4 | 10/17/1998 | NYY | vs |  SDP | W | 1 | 6.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 9 | | D. Wells | 3 | 10/5/1996 | BAL | @ | CLE | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | |
| 10 | | D. Wells | 3 | 10/1/1996 | BAL | vs | CLE | W | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 11 | | D. Wells | 3 | 10/13/1995 | CIN | @ |  ATL | L | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 12 | | D. Wells | 3 | 10/12/1991 |  TOR | vs | MIN | 0 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 13 | | D. Wells | 2 | 10/5/2006 |  SDP | vs |  STL | L | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | | D. Wells | 2 | 10/5/2005 | BOS | @ |  CWS | L | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 15 | | D. Wells | 2 | 10/18/1992 | TOR | @ | ATL | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 16 | | D. Wells | 2 | 10/13/1991 | TOR | vs | MIN | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 17 | | D. Wells | 2 | 10/11/1991 | TOR | vs | MIN | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 18 | | D. Wells | 2 | 10/8/1991 | TOR | @ | MIN | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| 19 | | D. Wells | 1 | 10/18/2003 | NYY | vs |  FLA | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 20 | | D. Wells | 1 | 10/4/1997 | NYY | @ | CLE | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 21 | | D. Wells | 1 | 10/17/1992 | TOR | @ | ATL | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 22 | | D. Wells | 1 | 10/4/1989 | TOR | @ |  OAK | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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