most postseason strikeouts by pitchers al time

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters in the AL in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Justin 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
2	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	167	40	18	10	.643	40	3.76	0	0	0	251.1	258	105	109	28	70	2	0	4	1,051	4	5.98	2.51	2.39	1.00	15.9	6.7	1.31	.293	3.90	9.24
3	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	145	23	7	8	.467	21	3.42	0	0	0	139.2	121	53	56	19	33	3	0	7	571	2	9.34	2.13	4.39	1.22	25.4	5.8	1.10	.275	3.61	7.80
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	144	27	8	6	.571	27	3.59	1	1	0	158.0	134	63	66	11	55	6	0	1	661	6	8.20	3.13	2.62	0.63	21.8	8.3	1.20	.276	3.76	7.63
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	142	19	10	4	.714	19	2.61	0	0	0	117.1	89	34	43	15	33	3	0	1	476	1	10.89	2.53	4.30	1.15	29.8	6.9	1.04	.261	3.30	6.83
6	CC Sabathia	116	25	10	6	.625	22	4.05	1	0	0	126.2	131	57	62	14	59	8	0	8	565	5	8.24	4.19	1.97	0.99	20.5	10.4	1.50	.318	4.41	9.31
7	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	110	96	8	1	.889	0	0.70	0	0	42	141.0	86	11	13	2	21	3	78	4	527	3	7.02	1.34	5.24	0.13	20.9	4.0	0.76	.215	0.83	5.49
8	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	107	19	9	3	.750	14	2.55	0	0	0	106.0	77	30	32	10	55	4	0	3	443	1	9.08	4.67	1.95	0.85	24.2	12.4	1.25	.251	2.72	6.54
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	98	18	5	4	.556	16	4.05	0	0	0	86.2	69	39	40	10	36	5	0	2	358	5	10.18	3.74	2.72	1.04	27.4	10.1	1.21	.282	4.15	7.17
10	Framber 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
11	Whitey Ford W. Ford	94	22	10	8	.556	22	2.71	7	3	0	146.0	132	44	51	8	34	3	0	2	594	4	5.79	2.10	2.76	0.49	15.8	5.7	1.14	.273	3.14	8.14
12	David 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
13	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	90	17	8	3	.727	15	2.61	6	2	0	124.1	101	36	36	10	50	2	1	4	518	6	6.51	3.62	1.80	0.72	17.4	9.7	1.21	.249	2.61	7.31
14	David Cone D. Cone	85	18	7	2	.778	16	3.71	0	0	0	99.1	83	41	46	12	53	1	1	0	428	5	7.70	4.80	1.60	1.09	19.9	12.4	1.37	.256	4.17	7.52
15	Nathan 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
16	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	80	19	2	3	.400	12	3.47	0	0	1	72.2	60	28	34	15	22	10	1	0	301	3	9.91	2.72	3.64	1.86	26.6	7.3	1.13	.259	4.21	7.43
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	80	13	6	2	.750	11	3.40	0	0	0	79.1	63	30	30	7	26	6	1	0	324	1	9.08	2.95	3.08	0.79	24.7	8.0	1.12	.273	3.40	7.15
18	John Lackey J. Lackey	78	19	6	5	.545	16	3.03	0	0	0	104.0	100	35	37	4	35	2	0	4	438	7	6.75	3.03	2.23	0.35	17.8	8.0	1.30	.301	3.20	8.65
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	73	14	6	4	.600	12	2.57	0	0	0	84.0	67	24	26	8	23	2	2	0	340	0	7.82	2.46	3.17	0.86	21.5	6.8	1.07	.252	2.79	7.18
20	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	71	18	10	4	.714	18	2.69	3	1	0	130.2	94	39	42	12	46	4	0	0	526	4	4.89	3.17	1.54	0.83	13.5	8.7	1.07	.209	2.89	6.47
21	David Wells D. Wells	70	24	9	3	.750	14	3.26	1	0	0	107.2	95	39	43	11	22	5	2	2	434	1	5.85	1.84	3.18	0.92	16.1	5.1	1.09	.258	3.59	7.94
22	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	70	22	9	6	.600	19	3.26	4	1	1	132.1	114	48	49	21	35	1	2	6	536	2	4.76	2.38	2.00	1.43	13.1	6.5	1.13	.227	3.33	7.75
23	Dave McNally D. McNally	65	14	7	4	.636	12	2.49	6	2	0	90.1	65	25	30	12	34	1	2	2	364	5	6.48	3.39	1.91	1.20	17.9	9.3	1.10	.210	2.99	6.48
24	Jack Morris J. Morris	64	13	7	4	.636	13	3.80	5	1	0	92.1	83	39	39	9	32	0	0	3	381	8	6.24	3.12	2.00	0.88	16.8	8.4	1.25	.268	3.80	8.09
25	Charlie Morton C. Morton	63	12	7	2	.778	11	3.40	0	0	0	55.2	49	21	23	4	18	5	1	0	236	3	10.19	2.91	3.50	0.65	26.7	7.6	1.20	.308	3.72	7.92

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Sun 6/21	CWS	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 6/22	NYY	@	DET	6:10 PM
Tue 6/23	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
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Cardinals	40	34	.541	5.0
Cubs	40	37	.519	6.5
Pirates	38	39	.494	8.5
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