mlb most postseason pitcher strikeouts 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Justin Verlander struck out the most batters in the postseason, with 182 strikeouts.

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	182	27	13	9	.591	26	3.09	2	1	0	166.0	114	57	57	21	50	3	0	0	654	5	9.87	2.71	3.64	1.14	27.8	7.6	0.99	.234	3.09	6.18
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	159	27	9	10	.474	23	4.28	0	0	1	143.0	115	68	73	21	36	3	2	4	577	6	10.01	2.27	4.42	1.32	27.6	6.2	1.06	.263	4.59	7.24
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	137	22	7	5	.583	18	3.38	0	0	0	112.0	81	42	45	12	46	7	0	3	463	5	11.01	3.70	2.98	0.96	29.6	9.9	1.13	.264	3.62	6.51
4	Jon Lester J. Lester	94	18	7	4	.636	16	2.49	0	0	0	112.0	83	31	32	10	27	3	0	0	435	4	7.55	2.17	3.48	0.80	21.6	6.2	0.98	.243	2.57	6.67
5	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	93	17	3	5	.375	13	3.27	1	0	0	88.0	85	32	35	9	15	1	0	1	359	2	9.51	1.53	6.20	0.92	25.9	4.2	1.14	.315	3.58	8.69
6	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	87	16	8	3	.727	14	2.11	3	3	1	102.1	74	24	25	8	18	5	1	2	398	0	7.65	1.58	4.83	0.70	21.9	4.5	0.90	.236	2.20	6.51
7	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	84	16	3	6	.333	16	4.21	0	0	0	92.0	84	43	46	15	25	3	0	0	381	2	8.22	2.45	3.36	1.47	22.0	6.6	1.18	.272	4.50	8.22
8	David Price D. Price	83	18	4	9	.308	14	4.80	0	0	0	93.2	89	50	51	15	24	3	0	1	390	1	7.98	2.31	3.46	1.44	21.3	6.2	1.21	.279	4.90	8.55
9	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	78	10	6	4	.600	10	2.60	0	0	0	65.2	41	19	20	9	16	0	0	0	250	0	10.69	2.19	4.88	1.23	31.2	6.4	0.87	.218	2.74	5.62
10	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	71	9	6	2	.750	8	1.46	0	0	0	55.1	44	9	13	4	8	1	0	1	218	1	11.55	1.30	8.88	0.65	32.6	3.7	0.94	.299	2.11	7.16
11	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	70	41	1	1	.500	0	2.01	0	0	16	49.1	24	11	12	5	15	3	33	2	189	0	12.77	2.74	4.67	0.91	37.0	7.9	0.79	.198	2.19	4.38
12	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	66	9	5	3	.625	9	3.08	1	1	0	52.2	36	18	19	6	21	5	0	1	218	3	11.28	3.59	3.14	1.03	30.3	9.6	1.08	.250	3.25	6.15
13	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	65	13	5	2	.714	6	2.40	1	1	0	56.1	34	15	16	3	14	1	0	0	217	0	10.38	2.24	4.64	0.48	30.0	6.5	0.85	.231	2.56	5.43
14	CC Sabathia	65	16	5	3	.625	13	4.17	1	0	0	69.0	76	32	36	7	32	4	0	3	316	3	8.48	4.17	2.03	0.91	20.6	10.1	1.57	.332	4.70	9.91
15	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	64	11	3	6	.333	10	2.93	0	0	0	61.1	51	20	22	9	19	2	0	1	256	4	9.39	2.79	3.37	1.32	25.0	7.4	1.14	.259	3.23	7.48
16	Rich Hill R. Hill	62	12	1	1	.500	11	2.70	0	0	0	50.0	35	15	15	4	30	3	1	3	216	1	11.16	5.40	2.07	0.72	28.7	13.9	1.30	.265	2.70	6.30
17	John Lackey J. Lackey	61	15	5	2	.714	11	3.82	0	0	0	66.0	60	28	29	3	18	3	2	2	273	6	8.32	2.45	3.39	0.41	22.3	6.6	1.18	.303	3.95	8.18
18	Wade Davis W. Davis	57	30	4	0	1.000	1	1.80	0	0	8	40.0	29	8	9	5	18	0	14	0	160	2	12.83	4.05	3.17	1.13	35.6	11.3	1.18	.300	2.03	6.53
19	Cliff Lee C. Lee	56	6	3	3	.500	6	3.46	1	0	0	41.2	39	16	17	2	4	1	0	0	169	0	12.10	0.86	14.00	0.43	33.1	2.4	1.03	.349	3.67	8.42
20	Andrew Miller A. Miller	54	28	2	1	.667	0	0.95	0	0	1	38.0	19	4	4	3	13	2	3	2	144	1	12.79	3.08	4.15	0.71	37.5	9.0	0.84	.222	0.95	4.50
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	54	32	2	3	.400	0	2.45	0	0	9	36.2	26	10	13	2	15	2	24	1	151	2	13.25	3.68	3.60	0.49	35.8	9.9	1.12	.308	3.19	6.38
22	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	52	12	4	2	.667	11	3.47	0	0	0	59.2	52	23	24	8	20	0	1	3	247	1	7.84	3.02	2.60	1.21	21.1	8.1	1.21	.263	3.62	7.84
23	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	52	26	5	4	.556	7	4.80	0	0	0	54.1	59	29	33	6	28	1	3	5	244	0	8.61	4.64	1.86	0.99	21.3	11.5	1.60	.338	5.47	9.77
24	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	48	11	2	3	.400	10	2.98	0	0	0	51.1	48	17	19	9	13	2	0	1	214	0	8.42	2.28	3.69	1.58	22.4	6.1	1.19	.275	3.33	8.42
25	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	47	9	4	3	.571	9	3.97	0	0	0	45.1	44	20	20	10	13	5	0	0	194	0	9.33	2.58	3.62	1.99	24.2	6.7	1.26	.286	3.97	8.74

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Dingler

RBI

89

Dingler

AVG

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Greene

Team Pitching Leaders

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Valdez

129

Valdez

ERA

2.70

Mize

Team Rankings

176

18th

707

12th

1,272

19th

ERA

3.64

6th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	75	.522
White Sox	81	76	.516	1.0
Tigers	74	84	.468	8.5
Twins	73	84	.465	9.0
Royals	67	90	.427	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/23	WSH	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 9/25	PIT	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 9/26	PIT	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 9/27	PIT	@	DET	3:10 PM

Last Game

Nationals

74 - 84

Final

Tigers

74 - 84

Tue 22 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

110

Stewart

108

Alonso

Batting Average Leaders

.314

Arraez

.313

Alvarez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

185

Lopez

185

Arraez

175

Díaz

Run Leaders

118

Crow-Armstrong

106

Arozarena

104

Wood

OBP Leaders

.430

Alvarez

.396

Bauers

.389

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

.597

Alvarez

.578

Crow-Armstrong

.525

Rice

SB Leaders

47

Nuñez

46

Simpson

43

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

17

Gray

16

Rasmussen

Strikeout Leaders

247

Misiorowski

244

Williams

239

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.86

Misiorowski

1.94

Schlittler

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.13

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.13

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

5.44

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

31

Sale

32

Rasmussen

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,303.1

Crow-Armstrong

2,264.8

Ohtani

1,983.1

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,745

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,488

Alvarez

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Best Record ATS

90-67

88-68

88-70

85-72

84-73

83-74

Worst Record ATS

58-98

66-90

68-89

73-84

74-83

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	92	65	.586
Phillies	87	70	.554	5.0
Marlins	76	80	.487	15.5
Nationals	74	84	.468	18.5
Mets	72	85	.459	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	98	59	.624
Cubs	87	69	.558	10.5
Pirates	80	77	.510	18.0
Cardinals	76	81	.484	22.0
Reds	73	84	.465	25.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	96	60	.615
Padres	87	69	.558	9.0
Diamondbacks	83	74	.529	13.5
Giants	65	92	.414	31.5
Rockies	57	100	.363	39.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	96	61	.611
Yankees - x	90	67	.573	6.0
Red Sox - w	84	73	.535	12.0
Blue Jays	77	80	.490	19.0
Orioles	76	81	.484	20.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	75	.522
White Sox	81	76	.516	1.0
Tigers	74	84	.468	8.5
Twins	73	84	.465	9.0
Royals	67	90	.427	15.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	78	79	.497
Astros	77	79	.494	0.5
Mariners	73	83	.468	4.5
Athletics	61	95	.391	16.5
Angels	60	96	.385	17.5

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 9/6	MIN	@	CWS	1-10
Sun 9/6	WSH	@	LAD	5-7
Mon 9/7	ATL	@	PHI	0-1
Mon 9/7	NYM	@	MIA	9-4
Mon 9/7	LAA	@	BOS	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/23	WSH	@	DET	1:10 PM
Wed 9/23	TOR	@	BAL	1:35 PM
Wed 9/23	MIN	@	SFG	3:45 PM
Wed 9/23	TOR	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Wed 9/23	MIL	@	PHI	6:40 PM

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Justin Verlander struck out the most batters in the postseason, with 182 strikeouts.

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