most postseason strikes pitcher

Justin Verlander has the most career strikes in the postseason, with 1,317 strikes.

NAMESTRIKEGSOHHRBBHBPIBBK/BB
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1,317
38
244
179
32
74
5
0
3.30
2Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
1,250
44
183
285
31
76
3
4
2.41
3Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1,085
41
213
171
32
54
4
6
3.94
4Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
1,058
35
173
173
17
70
6
1
2.47
5Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
967
35
143
191
21
87
7
11
1.64
6John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
949
41
199
172
17
67
3
6
2.97
7Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
919
33
182
121
23
62
9
4
2.94
8Jon Lester
J. Lester
794
26
133
117
15
40
3
0
3.33
9CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
755
26
121
137
15
63
8
9
1.92
10Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
737
22
156
100
19
36
3
1
4.33
11John Lackey
J. Lackey
733
29
114
135
7
47
4
6
2.43
12Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
707
35
125
195
14
51
9
16
2.45
13Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
690
23
145
121
19
33
3
7
4.39
14Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
672
19
120
104
12
25
3
0
4.80
15Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
650
22
73
99
13
48
4
1
1.52
16Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
643
96
110
86
2
21
3
4
5.24
17Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
620
29
123
105
11
22
2
1
5.59
18David Wells
D. Wells
604
26
83
116
12
25
7
2
3.32
19Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
590
22
100
103
19
33
3
0
3.03
20Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
586
19
132
106
15
32
0
2
4.13
21Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
565
19
114
73
9
36
2
2
3.17
22Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
561
17
93
83
12
27
2
2
3.44
23David Cone
D. Cone
555
21
94
93
12
58
2
1
1.62
24Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
534
18
68
104
11
36
6
2
1.89
25David Price
D. Price
523
23
91
91
16
28
3
1
3.25
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Team Batting Leaders

HR

27

Walker

Christian Walker

RBI

88

Walker

Christian Walker

AVG

.304

Peña

Jeremy Peña
Team Pitching Leaders

W

13

Valdez

Framber Valdez

K

206

Brown

Hunter Brown

ERA

2.43

Brown

Hunter Brown
Team Rankings

HR

182

16th

R

686

21st

SO

1,504

2nd

ERA

3.86

11th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
Astros Astros
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Fri
3/27
@
4:00 AM
Sat
3/28
@
4:00 AM
Sun
3/29
@
4:00 AM
Mon
3/30
@
4:00 AM
Last Game
HOU Astros

87 - 75

6

Final

2

LAA Angels

72 - 90

Sun 28 Sep 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
1:15 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM