most mlb postseason pitching strikeouts since 2004

Since 2004, Justin Verlander has struck out the most batters in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	244	38	17	12	.586	37	3.58	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	93	32	74	5	0	0	920	8	9.72	2.95	3.30	1.27	26.5	8.0	1.12	.260	3.70	7.13
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	213	41	13	13	.500	32	4.62	0	0	1	196.2	171	101	107	32	54	4	2	6	803	11	9.75	2.47	3.94	1.46	26.5	6.7	1.14	.278	4.90	7.83
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	182	33	8	8	.500	28	3.78	0	0	1	157.1	121	66	69	23	62	9	1	4	652	8	10.41	3.55	2.94	1.32	27.9	9.5	1.16	.261	3.95	6.92
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	161	23	11	7	.611	23	2.73	0	0	0	138.1	105	42	51	20	37	3	0	1	558	1	10.47	2.41	4.35	1.30	28.9	6.6	1.03	.252	3.32	6.83
5	Jon Lester J. Lester	133	26	9	7	.563	22	2.51	0	0	0	154.0	117	43	46	15	40	3	2	0	610	4	7.77	2.34	3.33	0.88	21.8	6.6	1.02	.243	2.69	6.84
6	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	123	29	4	5	.444	16	2.83	1	0	4	114.1	105	36	39	11	22	2	9	1	464	4	9.68	1.73	5.59	0.87	26.5	4.7	1.11	.307	3.07	8.27
7	Blake Snell B. Snell	116	20	7	6	.538	17	3.41	0	0	1	92.1	66	35	35	13	43	1	1	0	374	5	11.31	4.19	2.70	1.27	31.0	11.5	1.18	.264	3.41	6.43
8	CC Sabathia	116	25	9	7	.563	22	4.34	1	0	0	124.1	131	60	65	15	58	8	0	8	558	5	8.40	4.20	2.00	1.09	20.8	10.4	1.52	.321	4.71	9.48
9	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	114	20	4	4	.500	19	3.04	0	0	1	97.2	76	33	35	9	38	2	1	2	400	3	10.51	3.50	3.00	0.83	28.5	9.5	1.17	.283	3.23	7.00
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	100	22	4	6	.400	21	4.14	0	0	0	113.0	103	52	55	19	33	3	0	0	469	2	7.96	2.63	3.03	1.51	21.3	7.0	1.20	.268	4.38	8.20
11	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	97	18	2	6	.250	15	4.50	0	0	1	76.0	62	38	41	11	43	0	1	0	330	8	11.49	5.09	2.26	1.30	29.4	13.0	1.38	.285	4.86	7.34
12	John Lackey J. Lackey	97	24	6	6	.500	20	3.62	0	0	0	121.2	114	49	52	7	41	4	2	2	511	10	7.18	3.03	2.37	0.52	19.0	8.0	1.27	.296	3.85	8.43
13	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	95	17	7	6	.538	16	4.34	0	0	0	85.0	82	41	45	14	34	4	1	0	360	0	10.06	3.60	2.79	1.48	26.4	9.4	1.36	.319	4.76	8.68
14	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	94	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	0	0	20	65.1	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	5.22	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	93	17	7	6	.538	16	3.41	1	1	0	100.1	83	38	45	12	27	2	0	2	411	1	8.34	2.42	3.44	1.08	22.6	6.6	1.10	.256	4.04	7.45
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	92	18	7	5	.583	17	3.60	0	0	0	80.0	67	32	34	8	33	7	1	0	343	5	10.35	3.71	2.79	0.90	26.8	9.6	1.25	.291	3.83	7.54
17	David Price D. Price	91	23	5	9	.357	14	4.62	0	0	1	99.1	91	51	53	16	28	3	5	1	414	1	8.24	2.54	3.25	1.45	22.0	6.8	1.20	.272	4.80	8.24
18	Cliff Lee C. Lee	89	11	7	3	.700	11	2.52	3	0	0	82.0	66	23	27	2	10	1	0	0	320	2	9.77	1.10	8.90	0.22	27.8	3.1	0.93	.294	2.96	7.24
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	87	16	8	3	.727	14	2.11	3	3	1	102.1	74	24	25	8	18	5	1	2	398	0	7.65	1.58	4.83	0.70	21.9	4.5	0.90	.236	2.20	6.51
20	Max Fried M. Fried	86	24	3	7	.300	16	5.11	0	0	0	88.0	104	50	52	14	24	2	0	0	387	4	8.80	2.45	3.58	1.43	22.2	6.2	1.45	.345	5.32	10.64
21	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	82	17	9	3	.750	12	3.05	0	0	0	79.2	65	27	28	6	18	1	1	3	325	0	9.26	2.03	4.56	0.68	25.2	5.5	1.04	.271	3.16	7.34
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	80	13	4	3	.571	11	2.30	0	0	0	74.1	40	19	21	6	17	5	0	0	281	1	9.69	2.06	4.71	0.73	28.5	6.0	0.77	.197	2.54	4.84
23	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	80	19	2	3	.400	12	3.47	0	0	1	72.2	60	28	34	15	22	10	1	0	301	3	9.91	2.72	3.64	1.86	26.6	7.3	1.13	.259	4.21	7.43
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	76	47	3	4	.429	0	2.22	0	0	11	52.2	39	13	16	4	21	3	30	1	216	3	12.99	3.59	3.62	0.68	35.2	9.7	1.14	.313	2.73	6.66
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	71	9	6	2	.750	8	1.46	0	0	0	55.1	44	9	13	4	8	1	0	1	218	1	11.55	1.30	8.88	0.65	32.6	3.7	0.94	.299	2.11	7.16

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Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

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Thu 3/25	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	CLE	@	DET	4:00 AM
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
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Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
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Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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