most innings pitched by a rookie in playoffs

Fernando Valenzuela has pitched the most innings by a rookie in a postseason, with 40.2 innings in 1981.

	NAME	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	40.2	1981	LAD	5	3	1	.750	5	2.21	26	2	0	0	29	10	10	2	15	0	0	4	159	1	5.75	3.32	1.73	0.44	16.4	9.4	1.08	.233	2.21	6.42
2	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	30.2	2013	STL	5	4	1	.800	5	2.64	33	0	0	0	16	9	9	3	12	1	0	3	119	0	9.68	3.52	2.75	0.88	27.7	10.1	0.91	.186	2.64	4.70
3	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	28.1	1997	FLA	5	4	0	1.000	3	3.18	26	1	0	0	23	10	11	4	12	0	0	0	118	1	8.26	3.81	2.17	1.27	22.0	10.2	1.24	.250	3.49	7.31
4	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	27.2	2025	TOR	6	3	1	.750	5	3.58	39	0	0	0	18	11	11	4	11	2	0	1	109	1	12.69	3.58	3.55	1.30	35.8	10.1	1.05	.264	3.58	5.86
5	Babe Adams B. Adams	27.0	1909	PIT	3	3	0	1.000	3	1.33	11	3	1	0	18	4	5	2	6	1	0	0	106	0	3.67	2.00	1.83	0.67	10.4	5.7	0.89	.186	1.67	6.00
6	Jaret Wright J. Wright	26.2	1997	CLE	5	3	0	1.000	5	4.73	25	0	0	0	24	14	15	5	19	0	0	1	120	1	8.44	6.41	1.32	1.69	20.8	15.8	1.61	.268	5.06	8.10
7	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	25.1	2014	KCR	5	1	0	1.000	4	3.20	14	0	0	0	23	9	9	3	9	0	0	0	104	1	4.97	3.20	1.56	1.07	13.5	8.7	1.26	.256	3.20	8.17
8	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	24.0	1988	LAD	4	3	0	1.000	4	4.88	26	0	0	0	22	13	14	3	10	1	0	0	102	0	9.75	3.75	2.60	1.13	25.5	9.8	1.33	.306	5.25	8.25
9	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	23.2	2018	LAD	4	0	1	.000	4	3.80	29	0	0	0	16	10	10	3	4	0	0	1	89	1	11.03	1.52	7.25	1.14	32.6	4.5	0.85	.245	3.80	6.08
10	Jeff Tesreau J. Tesreau	23.0	1912	NYG	3	1	2	.333	3	3.13	15	1	0	0	19	8	10	1	11	1	0	0	100	3	5.87	4.30	1.36	0.39	15.0	11.0	1.30	.250	3.91	7.43
11	John Lackey J. Lackey	22.1	2002	ANA	5	2	0	1.000	3	2.42	17	0	0	0	21	6	6	0	6	0	0	4	90	0	6.85	2.42	2.83	0.00	18.9	6.7	1.21	.313	2.42	8.46
12	Brandon Pfaadt B. Pfaadt	22.0	2023	ARI	5	0	1	.000	5	3.27	26	0	0	0	19	8	8	3	5	0	0	0	87	0	10.64	2.05	5.20	1.23	29.9	5.7	1.09	.302	3.27	7.77
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	21.2	2006	DET	4	1	2	.333	4	5.82	23	0	0	0	26	14	17	5	10	0	0	0	100	3	9.55	4.15	2.30	2.08	23.0	10.0	1.66	.339	7.06	10.80
14	Joe Black J. Black	21.1	1952	BKN	3	1	2	.333	3	2.53	9	1	0	0	15	6	6	4	8	0	0	1	84	0	3.80	3.38	1.13	1.69	10.7	9.5	1.08	.175	2.53	6.33
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	20.2	2010	SFG	4	2	0	1.000	3	2.18	18	0	0	0	18	5	5	1	5	1	0	1	83	0	7.84	2.18	3.60	0.44	21.7	6.0	1.11	.293	2.18	7.84
16	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	20.1	1977	NYY	3	2	0	1.000	3	3.10	15	2	0	0	13	7	7	1	6	0	0	0	78	0	6.64	2.66	2.50	0.44	19.2	7.7	0.93	.214	3.10	5.75
17	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	20.0	1964	NYY	3	1	1	.500	3	3.15	12	1	0	0	18	7	8	0	6	0	0	0	84	0	5.40	2.70	2.00	0.00	14.3	7.1	1.20	.273	3.60	8.10
18	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	19.2	2007	BOS	4	2	1	.667	4	5.03	17	0	0	0	22	11	11	1	8	1	0	0	89	3	7.78	3.66	2.13	0.46	19.1	9.0	1.53	.339	5.03	10.07
19	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	19.0	2015	NYM	4	2	1	.667	3	3.32	26	0	0	0	15	7	7	0	8	0	0	1	78	1	12.32	3.79	3.25	0.00	33.3	10.3	1.21	.341	3.32	7.11
20	John Stuper J. Stuper	19.0	1982	STL	3	1	0	1.000	3	3.32	9	1	0	0	14	7	8	1	6	0	0	0	75	3	4.26	2.84	1.50	0.47	12.0	8.0	1.05	.220	3.79	6.63
21	Dickey Kerr D. Kerr	19.0	1919	CWS	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.42	6	2	1	0	14	3	4	0	3	1	0	0	72	0	2.84	1.42	2.00	0.00	8.3	4.2	0.89	.226	1.89	6.63
22	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	18.2	2024	LAD	4	2	0	1.000	4	3.86	15	0	0	0	12	8	8	3	6	1	0	0	74	1	7.23	2.89	2.50	1.45	20.3	8.1	0.96	.184	3.86	5.79
23	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	18.2	2020	ATL	4	2	0	1.000	4	0.96	24	0	0	0	11	2	2	0	10	0	0	0	77	1	11.57	4.82	2.40	0.00	31.2	13.0	1.13	.256	0.96	5.30
24	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	18.2	2002	ANA	11	5	1	.833	0	1.93	28	0	0	0	10	4	5	2	5	0	1	0	70	3	13.50	2.41	5.60	0.96	40.0	7.1	0.80	.229	2.41	4.82
25	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	18.0	1992	PIT	2	2	0	1.000	2	3.00	7	2	0	0	14	6	6	4	5	0	0	0	73	1	3.50	2.50	1.40	2.00	9.6	6.8	1.06	.175	3.00	7.00

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Padres	57	54	.514	12.0
Giants	47	64	.423	22.0
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Sun 8/2	BOS	@	LAD	7:20 PM
Mon 8/3	LAD	@	CHC	8:05 PM
Tue 8/4	LAD	@	CHC	8:05 PM
Wed 8/5	LAD	@	CHC	2:20 PM
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Braves	66	45	.595
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Brewers	69	41	.627
Cubs	63	48	.568	6.5
Pirates	56	56	.500	14.0
Cardinals	54	57	.486	15.5
Reds	52	58	.473	17.0
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