Dock Ellis struck out his most hitters in a postseason game in Game 3 of the 1976 ALCS versus the Royals, 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 |  | D. Ellis | 5 | 10/12/1976 |  NYY | vs |  KCR | W | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 |  | D. Ellis | 3 | 10/10/1972 |  PIT | @ |  CIN | L | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 3 | | D. Ellis | 2 | 10/4/1975 | PIT | @ | CIN | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 4 | | D. Ellis | 1 | 10/19/1976 | NYY | vs | CIN | L | 1 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 5 | | D. Ellis | 1 | 10/9/1971 | PIT | @ |  BAL | L | 1 | 15.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | | D. Ellis | 1 | 10/3/1971 | PIT | @ |  SFG | W | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | | D. Ellis | 1 | 10/3/1970 | PIT | vs | CIN | L | 1 | 2.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 |
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