mlb most playoff pitcher strikeouts last ten years

Between November 3, 2016 and November 3, 2026, Gerrit Cole has fanned the most batters in the postseason, with 147 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1903 · postseason
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	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	147	20	10	5	.667	20	2.57	0	0	0	122.1	94	35	44	16	34	3	0	1	497	1	10.81	2.50	4.32	1.18	29.6	6.8	1.05	.263	3.24	6.92
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	132	22	10	7	.588	21	3.74	1	0	0	127.2	102	53	53	19	44	4	0	0	519	2	9.31	3.10	3.00	1.34	25.4	8.5	1.14	.259	3.74	7.19
3	Blake Snell B. Snell	116	20	7	6	.538	17	3.41	0	0	1	92.1	66	35	35	13	43	1	1	0	374	5	11.31	4.19	2.70	1.27	31.0	11.5	1.18	.264	3.41	6.43
4	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	114	20	4	4	.500	19	3.04	0	0	1	97.2	76	33	35	9	38	2	1	2	400	3	10.51	3.50	3.00	0.83	28.5	9.5	1.17	.283	3.23	7.00
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	107	23	9	6	.600	18	4.68	0	0	0	107.2	95	56	58	22	27	3	1	4	435	2	8.94	2.26	3.96	1.84	24.6	6.2	1.13	.264	4.85	7.94
6	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	97	18	2	6	.250	15	4.50	0	0	1	76.0	62	38	41	11	43	0	1	0	330	8	11.49	5.09	2.26	1.30	29.4	13.0	1.38	.285	4.86	7.34
7	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	95	17	7	6	.538	16	4.34	0	0	0	85.0	82	41	45	14	34	4	1	0	360	0	10.06	3.60	2.79	1.48	26.4	9.4	1.36	.319	4.76	8.68
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	90	19	4	4	.500	16	3.81	0	0	1	82.2	65	35	37	15	35	4	1	3	347	4	9.80	3.81	2.57	1.63	25.9	10.1	1.21	.246	4.03	7.08
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	88	17	7	4	.636	16	3.63	0	0	0	74.1	64	30	32	7	29	7	1	0	319	5	10.65	3.51	3.03	0.85	27.6	9.1	1.25	.303	3.87	7.75
10	Max Fried M. Fried	86	24	3	7	.300	16	5.11	0	0	0	88.0	104	50	52	14	24	2	0	0	387	4	8.80	2.45	3.58	1.43	22.2	6.2	1.45	.345	5.32	10.64
11	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	82	17	9	3	.750	12	3.05	0	0	0	79.2	65	27	28	6	18	1	1	3	325	0	9.26	2.03	4.56	0.68	25.2	5.5	1.04	.271	3.16	7.34
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	80	13	4	3	.571	11	2.30	0	0	0	74.1	40	19	21	6	17	5	0	0	281	1	9.69	2.06	4.71	0.73	28.5	6.0	0.77	.197	2.54	4.84
13	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	73	18	2	3	.400	11	3.53	0	0	1	66.1	58	26	32	14	20	8	1	0	276	3	9.90	2.71	3.65	1.90	26.4	7.2	1.18	.273	4.34	7.87
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	70	8	3	2	.600	8	2.13	0	0	0	50.2	30	12	12	5	10	2	0	1	191	0	12.43	1.78	7.00	0.89	36.6	5.2	0.79	.240	2.13	5.33
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	69	8	6	1	.857	7	1.43	0	0	0	50.1	36	8	11	4	7	0	0	1	193	1	12.34	1.25	9.86	0.72	35.8	3.6	0.85	.283	1.97	6.44
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	66	13	1	4	.200	9	5.79	0	0	0	46.2	48	30	32	9	14	4	2	0	206	1	12.73	2.70	4.71	1.74	32.0	6.8	1.33	.345	6.17	9.26
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	62	12	5	5	.500	12	4.24	0	0	0	57.1	55	27	28	9	13	3	0	0	240	0	9.73	2.04	4.77	1.41	25.8	5.4	1.19	.301	4.40	8.63
18	Cristian Javier C. Javier	60	17	6	2	.750	5	2.68	0	0	0	43.2	22	13	13	7	23	3	0	0	177	1	12.37	4.74	2.61	1.44	33.9	13.0	1.03	.179	2.68	4.53
19	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	60	47	3	1	.750	0	2.78	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
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	59	12	8	1	.889	11	2.47	2	0	0	65.2	43	18	20	5	15	4	1	0	258	1	8.09	2.06	3.93	0.69	22.9	5.8	0.88	.217	2.74	5.89
21	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	59	42	3	2	.600	0	2.00	0	0	12	45.0	22	10	12	6	9	2	32	1	167	0	11.80	1.80	6.56	1.20	35.3	5.4	0.69	.176	2.40	4.40
22	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	58	13	2	6	.250	11	5.05	0	0	0	57.0	56	32	33	9	26	2	0	0	247	3	9.16	4.11	2.23	1.42	23.5	10.5	1.44	.309	5.21	8.84
23	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	57	14	3	4	.429	10	3.79	0	0	0	54.2	40	23	23	8	23	2	0	0	224	1	9.38	3.79	2.48	1.32	25.4	10.3	1.15	.239	3.79	6.59
24	Luis Severino L. Severino	57	14	2	5	.286	13	4.62	0	0	0	60.1	62	31	34	10	27	2	0	0	271	0	8.50	4.03	2.11	1.49	21.0	10.0	1.48	.297	5.07	9.25
25	Julio Urías J. Urías	55	21	7	2	.778	5	3.40	0	0	1	53.0	40	20	21	9	8	0	4	1	207	2	9.34	1.36	6.88	1.53	26.6	3.9	0.91	.230	3.57	6.79

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