most pitcher career strikeouts in the nlcs

John Smoltz has struck out the most career batters in the NLCS, with 89 strikeouts.

NAMESOSERIESGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
89
NLCS
17
6
2
.750
13
2.83
1
1
1
95.1
81
30
33
8
34
0
3
4
396
3
8.40
3.21
2.62
0.76
22.5
8.6
1.21
.275
3.12
7.65
2Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
67
NLCS
17
4
8
.333
14
3.67
0
0
1
88.1
89
36
52
6
26
5
1
8
390
3
6.83
2.65
2.58
0.61
17.2
6.7
1.30
.290
5.30
9.07
3Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
66
NLCS
17
6
10
.375
17
3.22
0
0
0
103.1
102
37
43
9
42
5
0
8
443
2
5.75
3.66
1.57
0.78
14.9
9.5
1.39
.290
3.75
8.88
4Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
53
NLCS
14
3
6
.333
10
4.84
0
0
0
57.2
50
31
34
8
19
1
1
1
239
5
8.27
2.97
2.79
1.25
22.2
7.9
1.20
.266
5.31
7.80
5Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
43
NLCS
7
1
2
.333
7
3.15
0
0
0
34.1
38
12
14
4
14
1
0
0
153
2
11.27
3.67
3.07
1.05
28.1
9.2
1.51
.374
3.67
9.96
6Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
39
NLCS
8
4
2
.667
8
3.52
1
0
0
53.2
53
21
22
5
28
1
0
1
235
2
6.54
4.70
1.39
0.84
16.6
11.9
1.51
.296
3.69
8.89
7Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
38
NLCS
5
1
1
.500
4
4.19
0
0
0
34.1
28
16
16
2
6
0
1
1
133
0
9.96
1.57
6.33
0.52
28.6
4.5
0.99
.299
4.19
7.34
8Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
37
NLCS
22
1
0
1.000
0
0.74
0
0
7
24.1
9
2
2
0
3
1
18
1
86
0
13.68
1.11
12.33
0.00
43.0
3.5
0.49
.200
0.74
3.33
9Steve Avery
S. Avery
37
NLCS
11
4
1
.800
7
2.38
0
0
0
45.1
35
12
13
1
17
0
2
3
179
3
7.35
3.38
2.18
0.20
20.7
9.5
1.15
.274
2.58
6.95
10Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
35
NLCS
18
2
1
.667
0
1.57
0
0
10
23.0
13
4
4
1
9
2
17
1
92
2
13.70
3.52
3.89
0.39
38.0
9.8
0.96
.267
1.57
5.09
11Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
34
NLCS
9
1
3
.250
5
2.39
0
0
2
37.2
31
10
11
3
7
0
3
1
149
0
8.12
1.67
4.86
0.72
22.8
4.7
1.01
.267
2.63
7.41
12Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
33
NLCS
5
3
0
1.000
4
1.63
0
0
0
27.2
13
5
5
3
3
1
0
0
100
1
10.73
0.98
11.00
0.98
33.0
3.0
0.58
.167
1.63
4.23
13Doug Drabek
D. Drabek
33
NLCS
7
2
5
.286
7
2.05
2
0
0
48.1
40
11
16
1
14
1
0
3
198
1
6.14
2.61
2.36
0.19
16.7
7.1
1.12
.262
2.98
7.45
14Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
31
NLCS
3
1
0
1.000
3
1.44
1
0
0
25.0
15
4
5
0
7
0
0
0
95
0
11.16
2.52
4.43
0.00
32.6
7.4
0.88
.263
1.80
5.40
15Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
29
NLCS
5
0
1
.000
4
2.04
0
0
0
35.1
26
8
8
2
13
1
0
2
142
2
7.39
3.31
2.23
0.51
20.4
9.2
1.10
.247
2.04
6.62
16Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
28
NLCS
5
3
1
.750
5
3.64
0
0
0
29.2
28
12
13
6
8
0
0
0
123
0
8.49
2.43
3.50
1.82
22.8
6.5
1.21
.272
3.94
8.49
17Roy Oswalt
R. Oswalt
28
NLCS
7
3
1
.750
5
2.70
0
0
0
36.2
33
11
12
3
11
3
2
0
153
0
6.87
2.70
2.55
0.74
18.3
7.2
1.20
.278
2.95
8.10
18Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
28
NLCS
5
3
1
.750
5
1.95
0
0
0
37.0
28
8
8
1
19
0
0
3
153
3
6.81
4.62
1.47
0.24
18.3
12.4
1.27
.257
1.95
6.81
19Denny Neagle
D. Neagle
26
NLCS
8
1
0
1.000
3
3.10
1
1
0
29.0
19
10
10
1
9
1
2
1
115
0
8.07
2.79
2.89
0.31
22.6
7.8
0.97
.231
3.10
5.90
20Mark Wohlers
M. Wohlers
26
NLCS
18
1
1
.500
0
1.42
0
0
2
19.0
9
3
3
2
6
0
14
1
70
2
12.32
2.84
4.33
0.95
37.1
8.6
0.79
.194
1.42
4.26
21Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
25
NLCS
8
2
0
1.000
5
1.83
2
1
1
44.1
36
9
11
0
16
3
1
3
182
3
5.08
3.25
1.56
0.00
13.7
8.8
1.17
.261
2.23
7.31
22Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
24
NLCS
7
2
3
.400
7
4.38
0
0
0
39.0
45
19
26
7
15
3
0
2
178
0
5.54
3.46
1.60
1.62
13.5
8.4
1.54
.295
6.00
10.38
23Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
24
NLCS
4
2
1
.667
4
2.84
1
0
0
31.2
26
10
11
5
10
2
0
4
132
1
6.82
2.84
2.40
1.42
18.2
7.6
1.14
.231
3.13
7.39
24Ryan Madson
R. Madson
23
NLCS
18
2
1
.667
0
1.80
0
0
0
20.0
19
4
4
1
8
0
1
2
85
0
10.35
3.60
2.88
0.45
27.1
9.4
1.35
.340
1.80
8.55
25Kevin Brown
K. Brown
23
NLCS
4
3
1
.750
3
3.55
2
1
0
25.1
21
10
10
3
9
1
0
0
105
1
8.17
3.20
2.56
1.07
21.9
8.6
1.18
.261
3.55
7.46
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