most pitcher strikeouts by a rookie in a postseason

Trey Yesavage has struck out the most hitters by a rookie in a postseason, with 39 strikeouts in 2025.

	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	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	39	2025	TOR	6	3	1	.750	5	3.58	0	0	0	27.2	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
2	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	33	2013	STL	5	4	1	.800	5	2.64	0	0	0	30.2	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	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	29	2018	LAD	4	0	1	.000	4	3.80	0	0	0	23.2	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
4	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	28	2002	ANA	11	5	1	.833	0	1.93	0	0	0	18.2	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
5	Brandon Pfaadt B. Pfaadt	26	2023	ARI	5	0	1	.000	5	3.27	0	0	0	22.0	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
6	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	26	2015	NYM	4	2	1	.667	3	3.32	0	0	0	19.0	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
7	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	26	1997	FLA	5	4	0	1.000	3	3.18	1	0	0	28.1	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
8	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	26	1988	LAD	4	3	0	1.000	4	4.88	0	0	0	24.0	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	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	26	1981	LAD	5	3	1	.750	5	2.21	2	0	0	40.2	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
10	Jaret Wright J. Wright	25	1997	CLE	5	3	0	1.000	5	4.73	0	0	0	26.2	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
11	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	24	2020	ATL	4	2	0	1.000	4	0.96	0	0	0	18.2	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
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	23	2006	DET	4	1	2	.333	4	5.82	0	0	0	21.2	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
13	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	21	2021	HOU	5	1	3	.250	5	8.04	0	0	0	15.2	13	14	14	3	12	0	0	1	73	0	12.06	6.89	1.75	1.72	28.8	16.4	1.60	.270	8.04	7.47
14	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	20	2018	MIL	4	1	1	.500	1	2.19	0	0	0	12.1	7	3	3	0	3	2	1	1	46	0	14.59	2.19	6.67	0.00	43.5	6.5	0.81	.333	2.19	5.11
15	Mike Boddicker M. Boddicker	20	1983	BAL	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	2	1	0	18.0	8	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	66	0	10.00	1.50	6.67	0.00	30.3	4.5	0.61	.195	0.50	4.00
16	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	18	2013	STL	10	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	0	0	4	11.2	4	0	0	0	3	0	9	2	40	0	13.89	2.31	6.00	0.00	45.0	7.5	0.60	.211	0.00	3.09
17	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	18	2010	SFG	4	2	0	1.000	3	2.18	0	0	0	20.2	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
18	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	18	1981	NYY	4	3	0	1.000	3	2.12	0	0	0	17.0	17	4	4	1	7	1	0	0	74	0	9.53	3.71	2.57	0.53	24.3	9.5	1.41	.340	2.12	9.00
19	Pete Fairbanks P. Fairbanks	17	2020	TBR	9	0	0		0	3.65	0	0	3	12.1	12	5	5	3	6	0	3	1	54	3	12.41	4.38	2.83	2.19	31.5	11.1	1.46	.321	3.65	8.76
20	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	17	2007	BOS	4	2	1	.667	4	5.03	0	0	0	19.2	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
21	Jose Contreras J. Contreras	17	2003	NYY	8	0	2	.000	0	5.73	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	7	0	7	0	3	0	50	2	13.91	5.73	2.43	0.00	34.0	14.0	1.64	.423	5.73	9.00
22	John Lackey J. Lackey	17	2002	ANA	5	2	0	1.000	3	2.42	0	0	0	22.1	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
23	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	16	2025	MIL	3	2	1	.667	0	1.50	0	0	0	12.0	7	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	46	0	12.00	2.25	5.33	0.75	34.8	6.5	0.83	.231	2.25	5.25
24	Cade Smith C. Smith	16	2024	CLE	9	1	0	1.000	0	3.60	0	0	0	10.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	37	0	14.40	1.80	8.00	0.90	43.2	5.4	0.70	.222	3.60	4.50
25	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	16	2021	ATL	4	2	0	1.000	4	1.59	0	0	0	17.0	9	3	3	1	7	2	0	0	68	0	8.47	3.71	2.29	0.53	23.5	10.3	0.94	.190	1.59	4.76

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RBI

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Okamoto

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Cease

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27th

405

30th

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ERA

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	59	43	.578
Yankees	57	45	.559	2.0
Red Sox	52	49	.515	6.5
Orioles	50	53	.485	9.5
Blue Jays	47	56	.456	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/24	TOR	@	BOS	7:15 PM
Sat 7/25	TOR	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 7/26	TOR	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Mon 7/27	TOR	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 7/28	TOR	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Last Game

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Final

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47 - 56

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

34

Alvarez

33

Schwarber

31

Goodman

RBI Leaders

77

Walker

77

Alvarez

76

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.332

Lopez

.328

Alvarez

.320

Arraez

Hit Leaders

131

Lopez

122

Alvarez

122

Arraez

Run Leaders

94

Wood

71

Reynolds

69

Neto

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.405

Kurtz

.404

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SLG Leaders

.656

Alvarez

.590

Rice

.568

Buxton

SB Leaders

37

Nuñez

30

Witt

27

Chisholm

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Win Leaders

12

Burns

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Sánchez

12

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

173

Misiorowski

156

Williams

155

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.57

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Sale

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WHIP Leaders

0.77

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.96

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K/9 Leaders

13.54

Misiorowski

13.37

Cease

11.16

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K/BB Leaders

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6.04

Sánchez

5.80

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20

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1,812.2

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1,541.3

Wood

1,441.3

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1,143

Wood

1,083

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60-41

61-42

59-43

58-44

56-45

57-46

Worst Record ATS

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45-57

46-58

46-57

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	60	42	.588
Phillies	56	47	.544	4.5
Marlins	52	51	.505	8.5
Nationals	52	51	.505	8.5
Mets	43	60	.417	17.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	64	38	.627
Cubs	57	45	.559	7.0
Pirates	53	50	.515	11.5
Cardinals	52	50	.510	12.0
Reds	47	54	.465	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	65	38	.631
Diamondbacks	54	49	.524	11.0
Padres	50	53	.485	15.0
Giants	42	60	.412	22.5
Rockies	41	63	.394	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	59	43	.578
Yankees	57	45	.559	2.0
Red Sox	52	49	.515	6.5
Orioles	50	53	.485	9.5
Blue Jays	47	56	.456	12.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	54	47	.535
Guardians	54	50	.519	1.5
Twins	51	53	.490	4.5
Tigers	49	54	.476	6.0
Royals	43	61	.413	12.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	51	51	.500
Mariners	51	52	.495	0.5
Astros	50	54	.481	2.0
Athletics	43	59	.422	8.0
Angels	41	62	.398	10.5

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Scores

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Sun 7/5	MIN	@	NYY	6-1
Sun 7/5	TBR	@	HOU	0-2
Sun 7/5	DET	@	TEX	6-3
Sun 7/5	SFG	@	COL	6-7
Sun 7/5	MIA	@	ATH	9-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/24	COL	@	MIL	4:10 PM
Fri 7/24	CHC	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Fri 7/24	KCR	@	DET	6:40 PM
Fri 7/24	NYY	@	PHI	6:45 PM
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Trey Yesavage has struck out the most hitters by a rookie in a postseason, with 39 strikeouts in 2025.

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