most postseason strikeouts by pitchers al time

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career hitters 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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White Sox	59	55	.518
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.0
Twins	57	59	.491	3.0
Tigers	56	59	.487	3.5
Royals	48	68	.414	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	DET	@	SFG	10:15 PM
Sat 8/8	DET	@	SFG	7:15 PM
Sun 8/9	DET	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 8/12	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM

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HR Leaders

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Alvarez

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Caminero

33

Goodman

RBI Leaders

88

Abrams

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Stewart

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Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.329

Alvarez

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Arraez

.318

Lopez

Hit Leaders

143

Lopez

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Arraez

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Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

81

Olson

80

Crow-Armstrong

OBP Leaders

.442

Alvarez

.399

Ohtani

.396

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.640

Alvarez

.560

García

.559

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

31

Witt

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Simpson

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Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

184

Cease

178

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.63

Misiorowski

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WHIP Leaders

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Ohtani

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Wood

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Alvarez

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Ohtani

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Wood

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67-50

65-49

63-52

62-52

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Worst Record ATS

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47-69

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51-64

53-63

53-62

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	70	45	.609
Phillies	62	54	.534	8.5
Marlins	58	58	.500	12.5
Nationals	56	61	.479	15.0
Mets	50	66	.431	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	72	43	.626
Cubs	67	49	.578	5.5
Cardinals	57	58	.496	15.0
Reds	56	58	.491	15.5
Pirates	57	60	.487	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	46	.600
Diamondbacks	61	55	.526	8.5
Padres	60	56	.517	9.5
Giants	48	67	.417	21.0
Rockies	45	70	.391	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	68	46	.596
Yankees	64	51	.557	4.5
Red Sox	63	51	.553	5.0
Orioles	56	59	.487	12.5
Blue Jays	54	62	.466	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	55	.518
Twins	57	59	.491	3.0
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.0
Tigers	56	59	.487	3.5
Royals	48	68	.414	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	59	57	.509
Rangers	57	58	.496	1.5
Mariners	56	60	.483	3.0
Athletics	45	70	.391	13.5
Angels	44	71	.383	14.5

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Scores

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Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	5-3
Wed 7/22	BAL	@	BOS	3-6
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Thu 7/23	SDP	@	ATL	5-6

Schedule

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Fri 8/7	NYM	@	PIT	6:40 PM
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