most innings pitched in a single playoff game after 1945

Since 1946, Ken Holtzman, Dave McNally and Carl Erskine are tied for pitching the most innings in a postseason game, with 11 innings.

Interpreted as:
most innings pitched by a player in a single playoff game after 1945
NAMEIPDATETMOPPDECGSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
11.0
10/9/1973
OAK OAK
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.82
7
1
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
38
0
2Dave McNally
D. McNally
11.0
10/5/1969
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
41
0
3Carl Erskine
C. Erskine
11.0
10/5/1952
BKN BKN
@
NYY NYY
W
1
4.09
6
1
0
0
5
5
5
1
3
0
0
0
41
0
4Dave Boswell
D. Boswell
10.2
10/5/1969
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
L
1
0.84
4
0
0
0
7
1
1
0
7
0
0
1
43
1
5Jack Morris
J. Morris
10.0
10/27/1991
MIN MIN
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
38
0
6Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
10.0
10/14/1986
NYM NYM
vs
HOU HOU
1
0.90
4
0
0
0
9
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
38
0
7Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
10.0
10/10/1980
HOU HOU
vs
PHI PHI
1
0.00
2
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
39
0
8Mike Cuellar
M. Cuellar
10.0
10/9/1973
BAL BAL
@
OAK OAK
L
1
1.80
11
1
0
0
4
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
37
0
9Mickey Lolich
M. Lolich
10.0
10/7/1972
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
L
1
1.80
4
0
0
0
9
2
3
0
3
0
0
0
42
0
10Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
10.0
10/15/1969
NYM NYM
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.90
6
1
0
0
6
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
38
0
11Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
10.0
10/12/1964
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
13
1
0
0
6
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
39
0
12Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
10.0
10/1/1958
MIL MIL
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
2.70
6
1
0
0
8
3
3
2
4
0
0
0
40
1
13Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
10.0
10/6/1957
MIL MIL
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
4.50
2
1
0
0
11
5
5
1
1
0
0
0
39
0
14Clem Labine
C. Labine
10.0
10/9/1956
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
5
1
1
0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
38
0
15Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
10.0
10/5/1950
NYY NYY
@
PHN PHN
W
1
0.90
6
1
0
0
7
1
1
0
4
0
0
1
39
0
16Robin Roberts
R. Roberts
10.0
10/5/1950
PHN PHN
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
1.80
5
1
0
0
10
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
43
0
17Howie Pollet
H. Pollet
10.0
10/6/1946
SLN SLN
vs
BSA BSA
L
1
2.70
3
1
0
0
9
3
3
1
4
1
0
0
43
0
18Dock Ellis
D. Ellis
9.2
10/3/1970
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
L
1
2.79
1
0
0
0
9
3
3
0
4
0
0
2
41
0
19Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
9.2
10/8/1958
MIL MIL
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
3.72
5
0
0
0
9
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
42
0
20Bob Turley
B. Turley
9.2
10/9/1956
NYY NYY
@
BKN BKN
L
1
0.93
11
1
0
0
4
1
1
0
8
0
0
2
40
0
21Britt Burns
B. Burns
9.1
10/8/1983
CWS CWS
vs
BAL BAL
L
1
0.96
8
0
0
0
6
1
1
1
5
1
0
0
38
0
22Bob Lemon
B. Lemon
9.1
9/29/1954
CLE CLE
@
NYG NYG
L
1
4.82
6
1
0
0
9
5
5
1
5
0
0
1
42
1
23Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
9.0
10/25/2025
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
W
1
1.00
8
1
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
32
0
24Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
9.0
10/14/2025
LAD LAD
@
MIL MIL
W
1
1.00
7
1
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
32
0
25Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
9.0
10/14/2017
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.00
13
1
0
0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
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