most pitcher strikeouts in a playoff game

Pitchers struck out their most batters in a postseason game in Game 3 of the 2022 ALDS versus the Mariners, with 42 strikeouts.

POSITION SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1
Pitcher
42
10/15/2022
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
W
2
0.25
0
0
0
36.0
18
1
1
1
4
5
2
0
133
1
2
Pitcher
39
10/8/2022
CLE CLE
vs
TBR TBR
2
0.31
0
0
0
29.0
11
1
1
1
8
2
2
0
104
0
3
Pitcher
37
9/30/2020
ATL ATL
vs
CIN CIN
2
0.36
0
0
0
25.1
17
1
1
0
5
2
2
1
99
2
4
Pitcher
34
10/26/2018
LAD LAD
vs
BOS BOS
2
1.03
0
0
0
35.0
18
4
5
3
12
0
2
1
131
0
5
Pitcher
34
10/4/2014
WSH WSH
vs
SFG SFG
2
0.75
0
0
1
36.0
17
3
3
1
8
0
2
2
129
0
6
Pitcher
33
10/11/1997
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
2
1.16
0
0
0
23.1
14
3
3
0
11
0
2
2
90
1
7
Pitcher
33
10/5/1996
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
2
2.63
0
0
1
24.0
21
7
7
3
8
0
2
2
100
0
8
Pitcher
32
10/16/2018
MIL MIL
@
LAD LAD
2
1.05
0
0
0
25.2
15
3
3
0
9
2
2
0
101
1
9
Pitcher
32
10/17/1999
NYM NYM
vs
ATL ATL
2
2.15
0
0
0
29.1
24
7
7
1
15
1
2
6
126
0
10
Pitcher
31
10/11/2017
CLE CLE
vs
NYY NYY
2
3.00
0
0
1
18.0
13
6
7
2
5
0
2
0
71
0
11
Pitcher
30
10/9/2005
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
2
3.31
0
0
0
35.1
23
13
13
5
17
2
2
3
144
1
12
Pitcher
30
10/8/1999
ATL ATL
@
HOU HOU
2
3.00
0
0
1
24.0
21
8
8
1
12
1
2
3
102
1
13
Pitcher
29
10/10/2021
HOU HOU
@
CWS CWS
2
9.53
0
0
0
17.0
22
18
18
3
9
1
2
0
84
0
14
Pitcher
29
10/2/2018
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
2
1.04
0
0
0
26.0
17
3
3
0
8
0
2
1
102
2
15
Pitcher
28
10/10/2021
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
L
2
3.55
0
0
0
25.1
25
10
10
5
7
0
2
1
106
0
16
Pitcher
28
10/12/2015
KCR KCR
@
HOU HOU
2
6.50
0
0
1
18.0
17
13
15
6
10
3
2
1
84
0
17
Pitcher
28
10/18/2004
BOS BOS
vs
NYY NYY
W
2
2.93
0
0
0
27.2
25
9
9
2
15
2
2
1
122
0
18
Pitcher
28
9/29/1998
HOU HOU
vs
SDP SDP
2
1.00
0
0
1
18.0
13
2
3
1
4
2
2
0
71
1
19
Pitcher
27
10/23/2021
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
2
3.18
0
0
1
17.0
14
6
6
1
9
1
2
1
74
0
20
Pitcher
27
10/27/2020
LAD LAD
vs
TBR TBR
2
2.12
0
0
1
17.0
10
4
4
2
4
0
2
1
65
1
21
Pitcher
27
10/14/2019
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
2
4.24
0
0
0
17.0
18
8
9
1
3
0
2
0
72
1
22
Pitcher
27
10/9/2015
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
2
2.00
0
0
1
18.0
12
4
4
1
5
0
2
1
71
0
23
Pitcher
27
10/7/2000
NYM NYM
vs
SFG SFG
W
2
1.78
0
0
0
25.1
20
5
5
1
13
1
2
3
107
0
24
Pitcher
26
10/12/2024
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
2
5.29
0
0
1
17.0
18
10
10
1
7
2
2
1
78
1
25
Pitcher
26
10/10/2023
HOU HOU
@
MIN MIN
W
2
4.50
0
0
0
18.0
17
9
10
4
10
1
2
0
82
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
7/1
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Wed
7/2
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Thu
7/3
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
Fri
7/4
PIT PIT
@
SEA SEA
4:10 PM
Sat
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PIT PIT
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
6/14
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
4-11
Sat
6/14
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
2-11
Sat
6/14
TBR TBR
@
NYM NYM
9-0
Sun
6/15
PHI PHI
@
MIA MIA
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Sun
6/15
COL COL
@
WSH WSH
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
7/1
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Tue
7/1
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
8:40 PM
Tue
7/1
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Tue
7/1
SFG SFG
@
AZ AZ
9:40 PM
Tue
7/1
CWS CWS
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM