Max Fried has the worst career ERA by an active starting pitcher in the postseason when pitching at least 70 innings, with an ERA of 4.86.
| NAME | ERA | IP | G | W | L | W% | GS | SO | CG | SHO | SV | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Fried | 4.86 | 76.0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 15 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 41 | 43 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 336 | 3 | 8.53 | 2.37 | 3.60 | 1.30 | 21.4 | 6.0 | 1.46 | .346 | 5.09 | 10.78 |
| 2 |  | F. Valdez | 4.61 | 80.0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 16 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 41 | 45 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 0 | 10.13 | 3.60 | 2.81 | 1.58 | 26.3 | 9.4 | 1.40 | .327 | 5.06 | 9.00 |
| 3 |  | M. Scherzer | 3.70 | 151.0 | 28 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 28 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 62 | 63 | 23 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 618 | 8 | 10.25 | 3.52 | 2.92 | 1.37 | 27.8 | 9.5 | 1.14 | .253 | 3.75 | 6.74 |
| 4 |  | J. Verlander | 3.59 | 223.1 | 37 | 16 | 12 | .571 | 37 | 244 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 89 | 92 | 31 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 910 | 8 | 9.83 | 2.90 | 3.39 | 1.25 | 26.8 | 7.9 | 1.12 | .263 | 3.71 | 7.17 |
| 5 |  | B. Snell | 3.40 | 79.1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 15 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 5 | 11.12 | 3.97 | 2.80 | 1.13 | 30.7 | 11.0 | 1.17 | .274 | 3.40 | 6.58 |
| 6 |  | W. Buehler | 3.07 | 93.2 | 18 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 18 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 32 | 34 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 385 | 3 | 10.76 | 3.46 | 3.11 | 0.86 | 29.1 | 9.4 | 1.16 | .283 | 3.27 | 7.01 |
| 7 |  | G. Cole | 2.77 | 133.1 | 22 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 22 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 41 | 50 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 537 | 1 | 10.53 | 2.43 | 4.33 | 1.28 | 29.1 | 6.7 | 1.02 | .251 | 3.38 | 6.75 |
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