Gerrit Cole has struck out the most hitters in a League Division Series, with 25 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player in a lds

	NAME	SO	SEASON	SERIES	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	25	2019	ALDS	HOU	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.57	0	0	0	15.2	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	54	0	14.36	1.72	8.33	0.57	46.3	5.6	0.57	.200	0.57	3.45
2	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	22	2017	NLDS	WSH	2	1	1	.500	2	0.00	0	0	0	14.0	6	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	51	0	14.14	1.93	7.33	0.00	43.1	5.9	0.64	.231	1.29	3.86
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	22	2012	ALDS	DET	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.56	1	1	0	16.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	59	0	12.38	2.81	4.40	0.56	37.3	8.5	0.75	.194	0.56	3.94
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	21	2013	ALDS	DET	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	0	0	0	15.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	53	0	12.60	1.20	10.50	0.00	39.6	3.8	0.53	.200	0.00	3.60
5	Cliff Lee C. Lee	21	2010	ALDS	TEX	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.13	1	0	0	16.0	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	60	0	11.81	0.00		0.56	35.0	0.0	0.69	.263	1.13	6.19
6	Kevin Brown K. Brown	21	1998	NLDS	SDP	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.61	0	0	0	14.2	5	1	1	0	7	3	0	0	56	0	12.89	4.30	3.00	0.00	37.5	12.5	0.82	.200	0.61	3.07
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	20	2015	NLDS	NYM	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.38	0	0	0	13.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	0	1	54	0	13.85	2.77	5.00	0.00	37.0	7.4	1.15	.367	1.38	7.62
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	19	2016	NLDS	LAD	3	1	0	1.000	2	5.84	0	0	1	12.1	15	8	8	0	3	0	1	0	56	0	13.86	2.19	6.33	0.00	33.9	5.4	1.46	.441	5.84	10.95
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	19	2015	NLDS	LAD	2	1	1	.500	2	2.63	0	0	0	13.2	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	0	53	0	12.51	3.29	3.80	1.32	35.8	9.4	0.88	.185	2.63	4.61
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	19	2014	NLDS	LAD	2	0	2	.000	2	7.82	0	0	0	12.2	12	11	11	3	2	0	0	0	51	1	13.50	1.42	9.50	2.13	37.3	3.9	1.11	.333	7.82	8.53
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	18	2013	NLDS	LAD	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.69	0	0	0	13.0	6	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	50	2	12.46	2.77	4.50	0.00	36.0	8.0	0.77	.214	2.08	4.15
12	Kerry Wood K. Wood	18	2003	NLDS	CHC	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.76	0	0	0	15.1	7	3	3	1	7	0	0	0	60	1	10.57	4.11	2.57	0.59	30.0	11.7	0.91	.176	1.76	4.11
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	18	2001	NLDS	ARI	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.50	2	1	0	18.0	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	67	0	9.00	1.00	9.00	0.50	26.9	3.0	0.61	.174	0.50	4.50
14	Logan Webb L. Webb	17	2021	NLDS	SFG	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.61	0	0	0	14.2	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	53	0	10.43	0.61	17.00	0.00	32.1	1.9	0.68	.257	0.61	5.52
15	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	17	2020	ALDS	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	2	3.18	0	0	0	11.1	7	4	4	3	4	1	0	1	47	0	13.50	3.18	4.25	2.38	36.2	8.5	0.97	.182	3.18	5.56
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	17	2019	NLDS	WSH	2	1	0	1.000	2	3.00	0	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	46	0	12.75	0.75	17.00	1.50	37.0	2.2	0.83	.269	3.00	6.75
17	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	17	2015	NLDS	LAD	2	1	1	.500	2	3.29	0	0	0	13.2	11	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	50	0	11.20	0.66	17.00	1.98	34.0	2.0	0.88	.276	3.29	7.24
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	17	1998	NLDS	HOU	2	0	2	.000	2	1.93	0	0	0	14.0	12	3	4	2	2	0	0	0	56	0	10.93	1.29	8.50	1.29	30.4	3.6	1.00	.286	2.57	7.71
19	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	16	2022	ALDS	NYY	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.03	0	0	0	13.1	10	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	53	0	10.80	1.35	8.00	1.35	30.2	3.8	0.90	.250	2.03	6.75
20	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	16	2019	NLDS	STL	2	1	1	.500	2	2.77	0	0	0	13.0	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	53	2	11.08	1.38	8.00	1.38	30.2	3.8	1.08	.313	2.77	8.31
21	CC Sabathia	16	2012	ALDS	NYY	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.53	1	0	0	17.2	12	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	67	0	8.15	1.53	5.33	0.00	23.9	4.5	0.85	.250	1.53	6.11
22	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	16	2003	NLDS	ATL	2	0	1	.000	2	4.26	0	0	0	12.2	11	6	6	2	6	0	0	0	55	1	11.37	4.26	2.67	1.42	29.1	10.9	1.34	.290	4.26	7.82
23	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	16	1997	ALDS	SEA	2	0	2	.000	2	5.54	1	0	0	13.0	14	8	8	3	6	0	0	0	56	0	11.08	4.15	2.67	2.08	28.6	10.7	1.54	.355	5.54	9.69
24	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	16	1997	ALDS	BAL	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.93	0	0	0	14.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	52	0	10.29	1.93	5.33	1.93	30.8	5.8	0.71	.133	1.93	4.50
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	16	1995	ALDS	SEA	2	2	0	1.000	1	2.70	0	0	0	10.0	5	3	3	1	6	0	1	1	40	0	14.40	5.40	2.67	0.90	40.0	15.0	1.10	.235	2.70	4.50