mlb strikeouts leaders postseason before 2018

Before 2018, John Smoltz fanned the most batters in the postseason, with 199 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
199
41
15
4
.789
27
2.67
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
2Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
183
44
19
11
.633
44
3.81
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
3Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
173
35
12
8
.600
34
3.75
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
4Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
150
22
11
6
.647
21
3.07
2
1
0
135.0
99
46
49
16
38
3
0
0
537
6
10.00
2.53
3.95
1.07
27.9
7.1
1.01
.252
3.27
6.60
5Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
145
23
7
8
.467
21
3.42
0
0
0
139.2
121
53
56
19
33
3
0
7
571
2
9.34
2.13
4.39
1.22
25.4
5.8
1.10
.275
3.61
7.80
6Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
143
35
14
16
.467
35
3.30
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
7Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
139
24
7
7
.500
19
4.35
0
0
1
122.0
97
59
63
18
37
1
1
4
496
10
10.25
2.73
3.76
1.33
28.0
7.5
1.10
.262
4.65
7.16
8Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
132
19
7
9
.438
16
3.50
3
2
0
121.0
106
47
51
15
32
0
2
2
493
0
9.82
2.38
4.13
1.12
26.8
6.5
1.14
.290
3.79
7.88
9Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
125
35
11
14
.440
30
3.27
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
10Jon Lester
J. Lester
124
25
9
7
.563
21
2.55
0
0
0
148.0
113
42
45
15
39
3
2
0
587
4
7.54
2.37
3.18
0.91
21.1
6.6
1.03
.241
2.74
6.87
11CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
120
23
10
6
.625
22
4.20
1
0
0
126.1
132
59
64
15
61
6
0
9
564
4
8.55
4.35
1.97
1.07
21.3
10.8
1.53
.323
4.56
9.40
12Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
120
19
11
2
.846
19
2.23
4
2
0
133.1
104
33
37
12
25
3
0
0
525
1
8.10
1.69
4.80
0.81
22.9
4.8
0.97
.252
2.50
7.02
13John Lackey
J. Lackey
114
29
8
6
.571
23
3.44
0
0
0
144.0
135
55
58
7
47
4
2
6
601
10
7.13
2.94
2.43
0.44
19.0
7.8
1.26
.298
3.63
8.44
14Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
110
96
8
1
.889
0
0.70
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
15Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
107
19
9
3
.750
14
2.55
0
0
0
106.0
77
30
32
10
55
4
0
3
443
1
9.08
4.67
1.95
0.85
24.2
12.4
1.25
.251
2.72
6.54
16Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
100
16
4
5
.444
13
3.73
0
0
0
82.0
60
34
37
8
31
7
0
2
338
4
10.98
3.40
3.23
0.88
29.6
9.2
1.11
.271
4.06
6.59
17Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
99
14
7
3
.700
13
3.07
3
3
0
93.2
67
32
32
11
21
4
0
1
366
3
9.51
2.02
4.71
1.06
27.0
5.7
0.94
.242
3.07
6.44
18Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
97
22
8
3
.727
18
2.59
4
2
1
132.0
103
38
43
8
43
6
2
5
533
6
6.61
2.93
2.26
0.55
18.2
8.1
1.11
.251
2.93
7.02
19Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
96
24
4
4
.500
12
3.03
1
0
4
89.0
82
30
33
9
15
2
9
0
361
3
9.71
1.52
6.40
0.91
26.6
4.2
1.09
.305
3.34
8.29
20Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
96
16
6
4
.600
14
3.46
0
0
0
96.1
74
37
37
10
30
8
1
0
391
1
8.97
2.80
3.20
0.93
24.6
7.7
1.08
.259
3.46
6.91
21David Cone
D. Cone
94
21
8
3
.727
18
3.80
1
0
0
111.1
93
47
52
12
58
2
2
1
480
6
7.60
4.69
1.62
0.97
19.6
12.1
1.36
.258
4.20
7.52
22Whitey Ford
W. Ford
94
22
10
8
.556
22
2.71
7
3
0
146.0
132
44
51
8
34
3
0
2
594
4
5.79
2.10
2.76
0.49
15.8
5.7
1.14
.273
3.14
8.14
23Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
92
16
7
6
.538
16
3.48
1
1
0
98.1
81
38
45
12
26
2
0
2
401
1
8.42
2.38
3.54
1.10
22.9
6.5
1.09
.257
4.12
7.41
24Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
92
9
7
2
.778
9
1.89
8
2
0
81.0
55
17
19
6
17
2
0
3
312
2
10.22
1.89
5.41
0.67
29.5
5.4
0.89
.251
2.11
6.11
25Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
90
17
8
3
.727
15
2.61
6
2
0
124.1
101
36
36
10
50
2
1
4
518
6
6.51
3.62
1.80
0.72
17.4
9.7
1.21
.249
2.61
7.31
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