Hideki Matsui, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Varitek are tied for the most runs in a postseason game, with 5 runs.
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most runs by a player in a play off game| NAME | R | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | H. Matsui | 5 | 10/16/2004 |  NYY | @ |  BOS | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  | A. Rodriguez | 5 | 10/16/2004 | NYY | @ | BOS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | J. Varitek | 5 | 10/10/1999 | BOS | vs |  CLE | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | P. Alonso | 4 | 10/18/2024 |  NYM | vs |  LAD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | S. Ohtani | 4 | 10/17/2024 | LAD | @ | NYM | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  | J. Altuve | 4 | 10/12/2021 |  HOU | @ |  CWS | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  | L. Berkman | 4 | 10/27/2011 |  STL | vs |  TEX | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  | A. Pujols | 4 | 10/22/2011 | STL | @ | TEX | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | D. Pedroia | 4 | 10/11/2008 | BOS | @ |  TBR | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  | C. Beltran | 4 | 10/15/2006 | NYM | @ | STL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | A.J. Pierzynski | 4 | 10/4/2005 | CWS | vs | BOS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | G. Sheffield | 4 | 10/12/2004 | NYY | vs | BOS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | J. Kent | 4 | 10/24/2002 |  SFG | vs |  ANA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | J. Valentin | 4 | 9/29/1998 | BOS | @ | CLE | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  | F. McGriff | 4 | 10/17/1996 |  ATL | vs | STL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | J. Lopez | 4 | 10/14/1996 | ATL | @ | STL | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  | L. Dykstra | 4 | 10/20/1993 |  PHI | vs |  TOR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  | C. Lansford | 4 | 10/27/1989 |  OAK | @ | SFG | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | W. Clark | 4 | 10/4/1989 | SFG | @ |  CHC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  | K. Puckett | 4 | 10/24/1987 |  MIN | vs | STL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  | G. Brett | 4 | 10/11/1985 |  KCR | vs |  TOR | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | E. Murray | 4 | 10/7/1983 |  BAL | @ |  CWS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 |  | M. Brouhard | 4 | 10/9/1982 |  MIL | vs |  CAL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  | R. Jackson | 4 | 10/18/1977 | NYY | vs | LAD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  | S. Garvey | 4 | 10/9/1974 | LAD | vs |  PIT | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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