most playoff strikeouts by a pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Justin Verlander has struck out the most batters in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
244
38
17
12
.586
37
3.58
2
1
0
226.0
179
90
93
32
74
5
0
0
920
8
9.72
2.95
3.30
1.27
26.5
8.0
1.12
.260
3.70
7.13
2Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
213
41
13
13
.500
32
4.62
0
0
1
196.2
171
101
107
32
54
4
2
6
803
11
9.75
2.47
3.94
1.46
26.5
6.7
1.14
.278
4.90
7.83
3Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
182
33
8
8
.500
28
3.78
0
0
1
157.1
121
66
69
23
62
9
1
4
652
8
10.41
3.55
2.94
1.32
27.9
9.5
1.16
.261
3.95
6.92
4Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
156
22
11
6
.647
22
2.77
0
0
0
133.1
100
41
50
19
36
3
0
1
537
1
10.53
2.43
4.33
1.28
29.1
6.7
1.02
.251
3.38
6.75
5Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
139
30
13
7
.650
30
3.34
0
0
0
188.2
195
70
74
17
49
3
0
4
789
2
6.63
2.34
2.84
0.81
17.6
6.2
1.29
.306
3.53
9.30
6Jon Lester
J. Lester
133
26
9
7
.563
22
2.51
0
0
0
154.0
117
43
46
15
40
3
2
0
610
4
7.77
2.34
3.33
0.88
21.8
6.6
1.02
.243
2.69
6.84
7Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
123
29
4
5
.444
16
2.83
1
0
4
114.1
105
36
39
11
22
2
9
1
464
4
9.68
1.73
5.59
0.87
26.5
4.7
1.11
.307
3.07
8.27
8CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
121
26
10
7
.588
23
4.28
1
0
0
130.1
137
62
67
15
63
8
0
9
586
5
8.36
4.35
1.92
1.04
20.6
10.8
1.53
.322
4.63
9.46
9Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
120
23
9
5
.643
22
3.77
1
1
0
126.2
111
53
55
14
45
4
1
1
537
8
8.53
3.20
2.67
0.99
22.3
8.4
1.23
.274
3.91
7.89
10Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
114
19
4
4
.500
18
3.04
0
0
1
94.2
73
32
34
9
36
2
1
2
388
3
10.84
3.42
3.17
0.86
29.4
9.3
1.15
.282
3.23
6.94
11John Lackey
J. Lackey
114
29
8
6
.571
23
3.44
0
0
0
144.0
135
55
58
7
47
4
2
6
601
10
7.13
2.94
2.43
0.44
19.0
7.8
1.26
.298
3.63
8.44
12Blake Snell
B. Snell
102
18
7
5
.583
15
3.27
0
0
1
82.2
59
30
30
10
36
1
1
0
331
5
11.10
3.92
2.83
1.09
30.8
10.9
1.15
.269
3.27
6.42
13Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
100
22
4
6
.400
21
4.14
0
0
0
113.0
103
52
55
19
33
3
0
0
469
2
7.96
2.63
3.03
1.51
21.3
7.0
1.20
.268
4.38
8.20
14Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
99
14
7
3
.700
13
3.07
3
3
0
93.2
67
32
32
11
21
4
0
1
366
3
9.51
2.02
4.71
1.06
27.0
5.7
0.94
.242
3.07
6.44
15Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
95
17
7
6
.538
16
4.34
0
0
0
85.0
82
41
45
14
34
4
1
0
360
0
10.06
3.60
2.79
1.48
26.4
9.4
1.36
.319
4.76
8.68
16Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
94
59
3
2
.600
0
2.20
0
0
20
65.1
34
16
18
7
18
3
47
3
250
0
12.95
2.48
5.22
0.96
37.6
7.2
0.80
.211
2.48
4.68
17Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
93
17
7
6
.538
16
3.41
1
1
0
100.1
83
38
45
12
27
2
0
2
411
1
8.34
2.42
3.44
1.08
22.6
6.6
1.10
.256
4.04
7.45
18Charlie Morton
C. Morton
92
18
7
5
.583
17
3.60
0
0
0
80.0
67
32
34
8
33
7
1
0
343
5
10.35
3.71
2.79
0.90
26.8
9.6
1.25
.291
3.83
7.54
19Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
92
17
5
7
.417
15
3.80
0
0
0
97.0
95
41
43
14
22
3
0
7
407
2
8.54
2.04
4.18
1.30
22.6
5.4
1.21
.293
3.99
8.81
20Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
92
15
10
1
.909
15
2.12
3
1
0
102.0
80
24
26
10
15
3
0
0
401
0
8.12
1.32
6.13
0.88
22.9
3.7
0.93
.249
2.29
7.06
21David Price
D. Price
91
23
5
9
.357
14
4.62
0
0
1
99.1
91
51
53
16
28
3
5
1
414
1
8.24
2.54
3.25
1.45
22.0
6.8
1.20
.272
4.80
8.24
22Cliff Lee
C. Lee
89
11
7
3
.700
11
2.52
3
0
0
82.0
66
23
27
2
10
1
0
0
320
2
9.77
1.10
8.90
0.22
27.8
3.1
0.93
.294
2.96
7.24
23Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
87
16
8
3
.727
14
2.11
3
3
1
102.1
74
24
25
8
18
5
1
2
398
0
7.65
1.58
4.83
0.70
21.9
4.5
0.90
.236
2.20
6.51
24Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
86
16
2
6
.250
13
4.43
0
0
1
67.0
58
33
36
11
36
0
1
0
292
7
11.55
4.84
2.39
1.48
29.5
12.3
1.40
.296
4.84
7.79
25Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
82
17
9
3
.750
12
3.05
0
0
0
79.2
65
27
28
6
18
1
1
3
325
0
9.26
2.03
4.56
0.68
25.2
5.5
1.04
.271
3.16
7.34

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HR

14

Dingler

Dillon Dingler

RBI

43

Dingler

Dillon Dingler

AVG

.311

Greene

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Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Hurter

Brant Hurter

K

70

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

2.27

Mize

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HR

61

18th

R

248

26th

SO

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19th

ERA

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2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
36
28
.563
33
29
.532
2.0
29
35
.453
7.0
Tigers Tigers
25
38
.397
10.5
25
38
.397
10.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
6/5
@
6:40 PM
Sat
6/6
@
1:10 PM
Sun
6/7
@
1:40 PM
Tue
6/9
@
6:40 PM
Wed
6/10
@
6:40 PM
Last Game
DET Tigers

25 - 38

7

Final

2

TBR Rays

36 - 23

Wed 3 Jun 2026

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
42
21
.667
33
29
.532
8.5
31
32
.492
11.0
29
34
.460
13.0
27
35
.435
14.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
37
23
.617
34
29
.540
4.5
32
28
.533
5.0
33
30
.524
5.5
31
30
.508
6.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
40
23
.635
33
29
.532
6.5
32
29
.525
7.0
25
38
.397
15.0
24
39
.381
16.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
36
23
.610
37
25
.597
0.5
30
33
.476
8.0
30
33
.476
8.0
26
35
.426
11.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
36
28
.563
33
29
.532
2.0
29
35
.453
7.0
25
38
.397
10.5
25
38
.397
10.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
33
30
.524
30
32
.484
2.5
30
32
.484
2.5
28
36
.438
5.5
24
39
.381
9.0

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
5/20
@
9-4
Wed
5/20
@
5-4
Wed
5/20
@
3-2
Wed
5/20
@
2-1
Wed
5/20
@
4-3

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
6/5
@
2:20 PM
Fri
6/5
@
6:40 PM
Fri
6/5
@
6:40 PM
Fri
6/5
@
7:05 PM
Fri
6/5
@
7:07 PM