Johan Santana struck out his most batters in a postseason game in Game 1 of the 2006 ALDS against the Oakland Athletics, with 8 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Santana | 8 | 10/3/2006 |  MIN | vs |  OAK | L | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2 | | J. Santana | 7 | 10/9/2004 | MIN | vs |  NYY | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 3 | | J. Santana | 5 | 10/5/2004 | MIN | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | | J. Santana | 3 | 10/5/2003 | MIN | vs | NYY | L | 1 | 14.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | | J. Santana | 3 | 9/30/2003 | MIN | @ | NYY | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 6 | | J. Santana | 3 | 10/9/2002 | MIN | vs |  ANA | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 7 | | J. Santana | 2 | 10/1/2002 | MIN | @ | OAK | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 8 | | J. Santana | 1 | 10/13/2002 | MIN | @ | ANA | L | 0 | 40.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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