jim kaat most strikeouts in a playoff game

Jim Kaat fanned his most batters in a postseason game in Game 2 of the 1965 World Series against the Dodgers, with 3 strikeouts.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
3
10/7/1965
MIN MIN
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
36
0
2 Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
2
10/14/1965
MIN MIN
vs
LAD LAD
L
1
6.00
0
0
0
3.0
5
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
15
0
3 Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
1
10/15/1982
STL STL
@
MIL MIL
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4 Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
1
10/12/1982
STL STL
vs
MIL MIL
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
5 Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
1
10/12/1976
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
21
0
6 Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
1
10/5/1970
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
L
1
9.00
0
0
0
2.0
6
2
4
0
2
0
0
1
15
0
7 Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
1
10/11/1965
MIN MIN
@
LAD LAD
L
1
11.57
0
0
0
2.1
6
3
4
0
0
0
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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