Justin Verlander has the most strikes in the postseason when pitching in 1+ game, with 1,317 strikes.
Interpreted as:
most called strikes for one or more pitcher playoff game| NAME | STRIKE | G | SO | H | HR | BB | HBP | IBB | K/BB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Verlander | 1,317 | 38 | 244 | 179 | 32 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 3.30 |
| 2 |  | A. Pettitte | 1,250 | 44 | 183 | 285 | 31 | 76 | 3 | 4 | 2.41 |
| 3 |  | C. Kershaw | 1,073 | 39 | 213 | 165 | 30 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 4.18 |
| 4 |  | R. Clemens | 1,058 | 35 | 173 | 173 | 17 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 2.47 |
| 5 | | T. Glavine | 967 | 35 | 143 | 191 | 21 | 87 | 7 | 11 | 1.64 |
| 6 |  | J. Smoltz | 949 | 41 | 199 | 172 | 17 | 67 | 3 | 6 | 2.97 |
| 7 |  | M. Scherzer | 842 | 30 | 171 | 109 | 20 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 3.05 |
| 8 |  | J. Lester | 794 | 26 | 133 | 117 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3.33 |
| 9 |  | CC Sabathia | 755 | 26 | 121 | 137 | 15 | 63 | 8 | 9 | 1.92 |
| 10 |  | G. Cole | 737 | 22 | 156 | 100 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4.33 |
| 11 | | J. Lackey | 733 | 29 | 114 | 135 | 7 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 2.43 |
| 12 |  | G. Maddux | 707 | 35 | 125 | 195 | 14 | 51 | 9 | 16 | 2.45 |
| 13 | | M. Mussina | 690 | 23 | 145 | 121 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 4.39 |
| 14 | | C. Schilling | 672 | 19 | 120 | 104 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4.80 |
| 15 | | D. Stewart | 650 | 22 | 73 | 99 | 13 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 1.52 |
| 16 |  | M. Rivera | 643 | 96 | 110 | 86 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5.24 |
| 17 | | A. Wainwright | 620 | 29 | 123 | 105 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5.59 |
| 18 | | D. Wells | 604 | 26 | 83 | 116 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3.32 |
| 19 |  | Z. Greinke | 590 | 22 | 100 | 103 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3.03 |
| 20 |  | R. Johnson | 586 | 19 | 132 | 106 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 4.13 |
| 21 |  | W. Buehler | 565 | 19 | 114 | 73 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 3.17 |
| 22 | | C. Hamels | 561 | 17 | 93 | 83 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 3.44 |
| 23 | | D. Cone | 555 | 21 | 94 | 93 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1.62 |
| 24 | | C. Carpenter | 534 | 18 | 68 | 104 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1.89 |
| 25 |  | D. Price | 523 | 23 | 91 | 91 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3.25 |
StatMuse has event-level data for games pitched and strikes going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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