most ks in a postseason by a closing pitcher

Curt Schilling has fanned the most hitters in a postseason, with 56 strikeouts in 2001.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	56	2001	ARI	6	4	0	1.000	6	1.12	3	1	0	48.1	25	6	6	3	6	1	0	0	176	0	10.43	1.12	9.33	0.56	31.8	3.4	0.64	.200	1.12	4.66
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	47	2019	HOU	5	4	1	.800	5	1.72	0	0	0	36.2	21	7	7	4	11	0	0	0	138	0	11.54	2.70	4.27	0.98	34.1	8.0	0.87	.224	1.72	5.15
3	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	47	2019	WSH	6	5	0	1.000	5	1.98	0	0	0	36.1	30	8	9	4	4	0	0	1	142	1	11.64	0.99	11.75	0.99	33.1	2.8	0.94	.299	2.23	7.43
4	Cliff Lee C. Lee	47	2010	TEX	5	3	2	.600	5	2.78	1	0	0	35.2	27	11	12	2	2	1	0	0	138	0	11.86	0.50	23.50	0.50	34.1	1.4	0.81	.291	3.03	6.81
5	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	47	2003	FLA	6	2	2	.500	5	2.11	2	2	0	42.2	21	10	10	3	12	1	0	1	160	1	9.91	2.53	3.92	0.63	29.4	7.5	0.77	.186	2.11	4.43
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	47	2001	ARI	6	5	1	.833	5	1.52	2	2	0	41.1	25	7	7	2	8	0	1	0	156	0	10.23	1.74	5.88	0.44	30.1	5.1	0.80	.232	1.52	5.44
7	Kevin Brown K. Brown	46	1998	SDP	6	2	2	.500	5	2.52	1	1	0	39.1	24	11	11	1	17	3	0	2	157	1	10.53	3.89	2.71	0.23	29.3	10.8	1.04	.256	2.52	5.49
8	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	45	2014	SFG	7	4	1	.800	6	1.03	2	2	1	52.2	28	6	7	3	6	2	1	0	195	0	7.69	1.03	7.50	0.51	23.1	3.1	0.65	.180	1.20	4.78
9	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	43	2010	SFG	6	4	1	.800	5	2.43	1	1	0	37.0	25	10	11	3	9	1	0	0	145	0	10.46	2.19	4.78	0.73	29.7	6.2	0.92	.247	2.68	6.08
10	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	41	2023	TEX	6	5	0	1.000	6	2.95	0	0	0	36.2	31	12	12	3	10	1	0	1	153	0	10.06	2.45	4.10	0.74	26.8	6.5	1.12	.286	2.95	7.61
11	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	41	1997	BAL	4	2	0	1.000	4	1.24	0	0	0	29.0	11	4	4	3	7	0	0	0	105	0	12.72	2.17	5.86	0.93	39.0	6.7	0.62	.148	1.24	3.41
12	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	40	2020	TBR	6	2	3	.400	6	6.28	0	0	0	28.2	26	20	20	9	17	0	0	0	126	6	12.56	5.34	2.35	2.83	31.7	13.5	1.50	.283	6.28	8.16
13	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	39	2020	LAD	5	2	0	1.000	5	1.80	0	0	0	25.0	18	5	5	2	12	0	0	0	104	1	14.04	4.32	3.25	0.72	37.5	11.5	1.20	.314	1.80	6.48
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	38	2019	HOU	6	1	4	.200	6	4.33	0	0	0	35.1	30	17	17	8	14	0	0	0	146	0	9.68	3.57	2.71	2.04	26.0	9.6	1.25	.256	4.33	7.64
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	38	2017	HOU	6	4	1	.800	5	2.21	1	0	0	36.2	22	9	9	3	8	2	0	0	136	0	9.33	1.96	4.75	0.74	27.9	5.9	0.82	.224	2.21	5.40
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	37	2020	LAD	5	4	1	.800	5	2.93	0	0	0	30.2	23	10	10	4	5	0	0	0	114	0	10.86	1.47	7.40	1.17	32.5	4.4	0.91	.279	2.93	6.75
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	37	2020	TBR	6	2	2	.500	6	3.03	0	0	0	29.2	20	10	10	5	14	0	0	0	118	2	11.22	4.25	2.64	1.52	31.4	11.9	1.15	.242	3.03	6.07
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	37	2019	WSH	6	3	0	1.000	5	2.40	0	0	0	30.0	21	8	8	4	15	0	0	1	125	1	11.10	4.50	2.47	1.20	29.6	12.0	1.20	.246	2.40	6.30
19	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	36	2019	WSH	8	2	3	.400	3	5.79	0	0	0	23.1	21	15	16	2	12	1	0	1	103	0	13.89	4.63	3.00	0.77	35.0	11.7	1.41	.365	6.17	8.10
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	35	2023	PHI	5	3	0	1.000	4	1.95	0	0	0	27.2	17	6	7	3	3	0	0	0	103	1	11.39	0.98	11.67	0.98	34.0	2.9	0.72	.226	2.28	5.53
21	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	35	2016	CLE	6	4	1	.800	6	1.83	0	0	0	34.1	28	7	7	3	8	3	0	0	138	0	9.17	2.10	4.38	0.79	25.4	5.8	1.05	.281	1.83	7.34
22	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	35	2007	BOS	4	4	0	1.000	4	1.20	1	1	0	30.0	19	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	110	2	10.50	0.60	17.50	0.30	31.8	1.8	0.70	.254	1.20	5.70
23	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	35	1995	CLE	5	4	1	.800	5	1.53	0	0	0	35.1	20	6	8	3	9	1	0	2	137	2	8.92	2.29	3.89	0.76	25.5	6.6	0.82	.191	2.04	5.09
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	35	1973	NYM	4	1	2	.333	4	1.99	1	0	0	31.2	26	7	8	2	8	1	0	2	131	2	9.95	2.27	4.38	0.57	26.7	6.1	1.07	.282	2.27	7.39
25	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	35	1968	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	1.67	3	1	0	27.0	18	5	5	1	4	0	0	1	101	0	11.67	1.33	8.75	0.33	34.7	4.0	0.81	.279	1.67	6.00