list of most playoff games by mlb pitcher

Mariano Rivera has the most career games pitched in the postseason, with 96 games.

	NAME	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	96	8	1	.889	0	0.70	110	0	0	42	141.0	86	11	13	2	21	3	78	4	527	3	7.02	1.34	5.24	0.13	20.9	4.0	0.76	.215	0.83	5.49
2	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	94	0	0	20	65.1	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	5.22	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
3	Ryan Madson R. Madson	57	6	1	.857	0	2.73	70	0	0	2	56.0	57	17	17	7	18	2	11	4	241	4	11.25	2.89	3.89	1.13	29.0	7.5	1.34	.347	2.73	9.16
4	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	55	2	3	.400	0	2.65	62	0	0	0	54.1	52	16	17	4	24	5	9	2	235	0	10.27	3.98	2.58	0.66	26.4	10.2	1.40	.343	2.82	8.61
5	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	53	5	2	.714	0	2.10	47	0	0	1	55.2	43	13	15	1	21	0	15	9	222	2	7.60	3.40	2.24	0.16	21.2	9.5	1.15	.275	2.43	6.95
6	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	47	3	1	.750	0	2.78	60	0	0	14	45.1	34	14	16	1	15	3	27	1	186	7	11.91	2.98	4.00	0.20	32.3	8.1	1.08	.308	3.18	6.75
7	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	47	3	4	.429	0	2.22	76	0	0	11	52.2	39	13	16	4	21	3	30	1	216	3	12.99	3.59	3.62	0.68	35.2	9.7	1.14	.313	2.73	6.66
8	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	46	0	3	.000	0	4.26	41	0	0	1	50.2	46	24	29	4	19	1	10	4	222	1	7.28	3.38	2.16	0.71	18.5	8.6	1.28	.268	5.15	8.17
9	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	44	19	11	.633	44	3.81	183	0	0	0	276.2	285	117	121	31	76	3	0	4	1,157	4	5.95	2.47	2.41	1.01	15.8	6.6	1.30	.294	3.94	9.27
10	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	43	4	3	.571	0	4.36	47	0	0	5	43.1	42	21	21	3	13	3	10	2	187	2	9.76	2.70	3.62	0.62	25.1	7.0	1.27	.322	4.36	8.72
11	David Robertson D. Robertson	43	6	1	.857	0	3.40	57	0	0	1	47.2	38	18	18	6	16	2	11	3	196	3	10.76	3.02	3.56	1.13	29.1	8.2	1.13	.278	3.40	7.17
12	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	41	4	3	.571	5	3.45	56	0	0	1	60.0	54	23	25	4	22	2	4	2	255	6	8.40	3.30	2.55	0.60	22.0	8.6	1.27	.292	3.75	8.10
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	41	13	13	.500	32	4.62	213	0	0	1	196.2	171	101	107	32	54	4	2	6	803	11	9.75	2.47	3.94	1.46	26.5	6.7	1.14	.278	4.90	7.83
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	41	15	4	.789	27	2.67	199	2	1	4	209.0	172	62	67	17	67	3	11	6	856	6	8.57	2.89	2.97	0.73	23.2	7.8	1.14	.272	2.89	7.41
15	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	39	2	4	.333	0	2.18	62	0	0	18	45.1	32	11	11	2	19	3	32	2	185	3	12.31	3.77	3.26	0.40	33.5	10.3	1.13	.303	2.18	6.35
16	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	39	1	2	.333	0	2.35	44	0	0	9	38.1	33	10	12	5	17	0	25	6	164	2	10.33	3.99	2.59	1.17	26.8	10.4	1.30	.286	2.82	7.75
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	38	17	12	.586	37	3.58	244	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	93	32	74	5	0	0	920	8	9.72	2.95	3.30	1.27	26.5	8.0	1.12	.260	3.70	7.13
18	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	36	2	0	1.000	0	4.05	26	0	0	0	20.0	23	9	10	2	8	1	5	2	92	0	11.70	3.60	3.25	0.90	28.3	8.7	1.55	.382	4.50	10.35
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	35	14	16	.467	35	3.30	143	3	0	0	218.1	191	80	91	21	87	7	0	11	912	3	5.89	3.59	1.64	0.87	15.7	9.5	1.27	.260	3.75	7.87
20	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	35	11	14	.440	30	3.27	125	2	0	1	198.0	195	72	97	14	51	9	2	16	836	4	5.68	2.32	2.45	0.64	15.0	6.1	1.24	.284	4.41	8.86
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	35	12	8	.600	34	3.75	173	1	1	0	199.0	173	83	87	17	70	6	1	1	837	10	7.82	3.17	2.47	0.77	20.7	8.4	1.22	.273	3.93	7.82
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	33	8	8	.500	28	3.78	182	0	0	1	157.1	121	66	69	23	62	9	1	4	652	8	10.41	3.55	2.94	1.32	27.9	9.5	1.16	.261	3.95	6.92
23	Jeremy Affeldt J. Affeldt	33	2	0	1.000	0	0.86	20	0	0	0	31.1	14	3	3	1	8	2	4	2	111	2	5.74	2.30	2.50	0.29	18.0	7.2	0.70	.163	0.86	4.02
24	Javier Lopez J. Lopez	33	1	1	.500	0	3.50	15	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	7	0	2	1	75	1	7.50	3.50	2.14	0.00	20.0	9.3	1.28	.302	3.50	8.00
25	Tommy Kahnle T. Kahnle	31	2	2	.500	0	3.06	31	0	0	2	32.1	23	11	14	2	15	1	7	1	134	0	8.63	4.18	2.07	0.56	23.1	11.2	1.18	.247	3.90	6.40

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2

Rice

RBI

6

Rice

AVG

.444

Wells

Team Pitching Leaders

1

Schlittler

10

Schlittler

ERA

0.00

Schlittler

Team Rankings

223

2nd

739

9th

1,450

6th

ERA

3.23

1st

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	98	64	.605
Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/5	NYY	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Wed 10/7	TBR	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TBR	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	NYY	@	TBR	8:00 PM

Last Game

Yankees

0 - 1

Final

Rays

1 - 0

Sat 3 Oct 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

2

Rice

2

Albies

1

Murakami

Playoffs RBI Leaders

6

Rice

5

Albies

4

Wells

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Vaughn

1.000

Bailey

1.000

Taylor

Playoffs Hit Leaders

5

Rice

5

Harris

5

France

Playoffs Run Leaders

4

Albies

3

Murakami

3

Rice

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Vaughn

1.000

Bailey

1.000

Taylor

Playoffs SLG Leaders

4.000

Sheets

1.333

Contreras

1.333

Velázquez

Playoffs SB Leaders

3

Chisholm

2

Acuña

2

Acuña

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

1

Schlittler

1

Skubal

1

King

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

12

Sale

11

Taylor

10

Schlittler

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Schlittler

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Miller

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Smith

0.00

Chapman

0.00

Baker

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

King

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

12.00

Sale

11.00

Taylor

10.00

Schlittler

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Miller

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

81.3

Albies

72.6

Rice

64

Rasmussen

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

59

Albies

53

Rice

40.2

Rasmussen

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

96-69

95-70

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

70-93

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 9/13	LAA	@	WSH	5-6
Sun 9/13	CLE	@	MIN	9-2
Sun 9/13	CIN	@	MIL	4-3
Mon 9/14	CWS	@	CLE	7-3
Mon 9/14	LAD	@	CIN	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	SDP	@	MIL	4:00 PM
Sun 10/4	ATL	@	LAD	8:00 PM
Mon 10/5	CWS	@	CLE	5:00 PM
Mon 10/5	NYY	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Tue 10/6	LAD	@	ATL	6:00 PM

Mariano Rivera has the most career games pitched in the postseason, with 96 games.

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