most pitching strikeouts in a playoff game with 0 walks

15 pitchers walked 1 batter. The first three are Bob Gibson on October 2, 1968, Gerrit Cole on October 5, 2019 and Tim Lincecum on October 7, 2010.

Interpreted as:
most pitching strikeouts in a playoff game with 0 walks by a player
NAME BB SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
1
17
10/2/1968
STL STL
vs
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
2 Kevin Brown
K. Brown
2
16
9/29/1998
SDP SDP
@
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
3 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
1
15
10/5/2019
HOU HOU
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
4 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
2
15
10/14/2000
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
5 Livan Hernandez
L. Hernandez
2
15
10/12/1997
FLA FLA
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
31
0
6 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
2
15
10/11/1997
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
26
0
7 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
3
15
10/2/1963
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
0
0
0
36
0
8 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
1
14
10/7/2010
SFG SFG
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
9 Mike Scott
M. Scott
1
14
10/8/1986
HOU HOU
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
0
10 Mike Boddicker
M. Boddicker
3
14
10/6/1983
BAL BAL
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
2
0
0
36
0
11 John Candelaria
J. Candelaria
2
14
10/7/1975
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
29
0
12 Joe Coleman
J. Coleman
3
14
10/10/1972
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
37
0
13 Carl Erskine
C. Erskine
3
14
10/2/1953
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
38
1
14 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1
13
10/1/2020
LAD LAD
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
15 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1
13
10/14/2017
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
32
0
16 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1
13
10/9/2015
NYM NYM
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
27
0
17 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
2
13
10/13/2013
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
25
0
18 Cliff Lee
C. Lee
1
13
10/18/2010
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
19 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
2
13
10/5/1997
SEA SEA
@
BAL BAL
L
1
3.38
1
0
0
8.0
7
3
3
2
0
0
0
33
0
20 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
2
13
10/12/1964
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
10.0
6
0
2
1
1
0
1
39
0
21 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
1
13
10/8/1929
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
36
0
22 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
3
12
10/15/2019
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
W
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
4
4
4
1
0
0
0
22
0
23 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
2
12
10/11/2017
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
24 Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
6
12
10/12/2013
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
2
25 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
3
12
10/3/2013
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
26
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts and walks allowed going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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