most runs given up by a pitcher in a playoff game

Brickyard Kennedy has allowed the most runs in a postseason game, with 10 runs in Game 5 of the 1903 World Series against the Boston Americans.

NAME R DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Brickyard Kennedy
B. Kennedy
10
10/7/1903
PIT PIT
vs
BSA BSA
L
1
5.14
3
0
0
0
7.0
10
4
0
3
0
0
0
38
0
2 Jay Witasick
J. Witasick
9
11/3/2001
NYY NYY
@
ARI ARI
0
54.00
4
0
0
0
1.1
10
8
0
0
0
0
0
14
1
3 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
9
10/4/1969
ATL ATL
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
4.50
4
0
0
0
8.0
9
4
0
4
0
0
1
36
0
4 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
9
10/15/1925
WSH WSH
@
PIT PIT
L
1
5.63
3
1
0
0
8.0
15
5
0
1
0
0
0
40
0
5 Mordecai Brown
M. Brown
9
10/18/1910
CHC CHC
@
PHA PHA
L
1
9.00
6
0
0
0
7.0
13
7
0
4
0
0
0
38
0
6 Andy Coakley
A. Coakley
9
10/12/1905
PHA PHA
vs
NYG NYG
L
1
3.00
2
1
0
0
9.0
9
3
0
5
1
0
1
40
0
7 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
8
10/18/2024
LAD LAD
@
NYM NYM
L
1
24.00
0
0
0
0
3.0
8
8
1
4
0
0
0
21
0
8 Grant Dayton
G. Dayton
8
10/14/2020
ATL ATL
vs
LAD LAD
0
36.00
2
0
0
0
2.0
8
8
3
1
1
0
0
16
0
9 Johnny Cueto
J. Cueto
8
10/19/2015
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
L
1
36.00
2
0
0
0
2.0
6
8
1
4
1
0
0
17
0
10 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
8
10/3/2014
LAD LAD
vs
STL STL
L
1
10.80
10
0
0
0
6.2
8
8
2
0
0
0
0
28
0
11 Matt Moore
M. Moore
8
10/4/2013
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
L
1
14.54
4
0
0
0
4.1
8
7
0
2
1
0
1
25
1
12 C.J. Wilson
C.J. Wilson
8
9/30/2011
TEX TEX
vs
TBR TBR
L
1
10.80
6
0
0
0
5.0
7
6
3
1
1
0
0
25
0
13 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
8
10/11/2008
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
1
16.62
5
0
0
0
4.1
9
8
3
1
0
0
0
22
0
14 Chad Billingsley
C. Billingsley
8
10/10/2008
LAD LAD
@
PHI PHI
L
1
27.00
5
0
0
0
2.1
8
7
0
3
0
0
1
18
0
15 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
8
10/12/2007
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
L
1
16.62
3
0
0
0
4.1
7
8
0
5
1
0
1
24
0
16 Chien-Ming Wang
C. Wang
8
10/4/2007
NYY NYY
@
CLE CLE
L
1
15.43
2
0
0
0
4.2
9
8
2
4
1
0
0
25
0
17 Matt Clement
M. Clement
8
10/4/2005
BOS BOS
@
CWS CWS
L
1
21.60
0
0
0
0
3.1
7
8
3
0
2
0
0
18
0
18 Jake Peavy
J. Peavy
8
10/4/2005
SDP SDP
@
STL STL
L
1
16.62
3
0
0
0
4.1
8
8
2
3
0
0
2
23
1
19 David Wells
D. Wells
8
10/5/2002
NYY NYY
@
ANA ANA
L
1
15.43
0
0
0
0
4.2
10
8
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
20 Paul Abbott
P. Abbott
8
10/13/2001
SEA SEA
@
CLE CLE
0
24.00
3
0
0
0
3.0
9
8
3
5
0
0
0
22
0
21 Hideki Irabu
H. Irabu
8
10/16/1999
NYY NYY
@
BOS BOS
0
13.50
3
0
0
0
4.2
13
7
2
0
0
0
0
27
0
22 Charles Nagy
C. Nagy
8
10/11/1999
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
1
21.00
2
0
0
0
3.0
6
7
2
2
0
0
1
17
0
23 Steve Reed
S. Reed
8
10/10/1999
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
0
54.00
1
0
0
0
1.1
7
8
1
1
2
0
0
14
0
24 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
8
10/10/1996
ATL ATL
vs
STL STL
L
1
4.05
3
0
0
0
6.2
9
3
1
2
0
0
1
32
1
25 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
8
10/13/1992
ATL ATL
vs
PIT PIT
L
1
63.00
0
0
0
0
1.0
6
7
2
0
1
0
0
11
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs allowed going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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