most pitcher strikeouts by a rookie in the postseason

Trey Yesavage has fanned the most batters 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

62

Okamoto

AVG

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Clement

Team Pitching Leaders

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Cease

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ERA

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Team Rankings

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392

26th

849

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ERA

4.13

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	56	38	.596
Yankees	54	42	.563	3.0
Red Sox	46	48	.489	10.0
Orioles	46	51	.474	11.5
Blue Jays	45	51	.469	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/17	CWS	@	TOR	7:15 PM
Sat 7/18	CWS	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sun 7/19	CWS	@	TOR	12:15 PM
Mon 7/20	TBR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 7/21	TBR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

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Final

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48 - 48

Sun 12 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

32

Schwarber

31

Alvarez

29

Rice

RBI Leaders

74

Walker

70

Alvarez

68

Rice

Batting Average Leaders

.334

Lopez

.330

Arraez

.322

Díaz

Hit Leaders

127

Lopez

119

Arraez

111

Alvarez

Run Leaders

89

Wood

68

Reynolds

67

Neto

OBP Leaders

.426

Alvarez

.410

Wood

.405

Soto

SLG Leaders

.633

Alvarez

.599

Rice

.575

Buxton

SB Leaders

34

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

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Win Leaders

12

Ashby

11

Burns

11

Sánchez

Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

144

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.62

Misiorowski

2.05

Schlittler

2.20

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.91

Yamamoto

0.94

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.55

Cease

13.54

Misiorowski

11.09

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K/BB Leaders

6.19

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5.76

Rasmussen

5.76

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Walk Leaders

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19

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1,781

Ohtani

1,483.8

Wood

1,326

Alvarez

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1,224.6

Ohtani

1,103

Wood

995

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56-39

57-40

55-39

53-43

52-43

Worst Record ATS

37-60

38-59

41-56

42-55

42-54

44-53

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	55	40	.579
Phillies	54	43	.557	2.0
Marlins	52	45	.536	4.0
Nationals	48	49	.495	8.0
Mets	40	57	.412	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	59	37	.615
Cubs	54	42	.563	5.0
Cardinals	50	45	.526	8.5
Pirates	50	47	.515	9.5
Reds	43	52	.453	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	36	.629
Diamondbacks	49	47	.510	11.5
Padres	48	48	.500	12.5
Giants	41	55	.427	19.5
Rockies	39	59	.398	22.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	56	38	.596
Yankees	54	42	.563	3.0
Red Sox	46	48	.489	10.0
Orioles	46	51	.474	11.5
Blue Jays	45	51	.469	12.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	50	45	.526
Guardians	51	46	.526
Twins	48	49	.495	3.0
Tigers	44	52	.458	6.5
Royals	38	59	.392	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	49	47	.510
Mariners	48	49	.495	1.5
Astros	47	51	.480	3.0
Athletics	41	55	.427	8.0
Angels	38	59	.392	11.5

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 6/28	CIN	@	PIT	4-9
Sun 6/28	WSH	@	BAL	6-4
Sun 6/28	TEX	@	TOR	3-2
Sun 6/28	SEA	@	CLE	5-6
Sun 6/28	AZ	@	TBR	1-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 7/16	NYM	@	PHI	7:10 PM
Fri 7/17	TBR	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Fri 7/17	LAD	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 7/17	TBR	@	BOS	7:10 PM
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