most starts in a game one career postseason

Justin Verlander has the most career starts in the postseason, with 14 starts.

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most starts by a player in a game one career postseason

	NAME	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	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	14	14	7	4	.636	4.44	83	0	0	0	73.0	60	36	37	9	31	2	0	0	304	3	10.23	3.82	2.68	1.11	27.3	10.2	1.25	.285	4.56	7.40
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	12	12	5	6	.455	6.28	80	0	0	0	61.2	60	43	44	13	24	0	0	1	266	4	11.68	3.50	3.33	1.90	30.1	9.0	1.36	.315	6.42	8.76
3	Jon Lester J. Lester	12	12	4	5	.444	2.64	74	0	0	0	81.2	64	24	25	8	19	3	0	0	326	2	8.16	2.09	3.89	0.88	22.7	5.8	1.02	.252	2.76	7.05
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	11	13	3	6	.333	3.12	44	2	0	0	75.0	72	26	38	6	23	2	1	8	312	0	5.28	2.76	1.91	0.72	14.1	7.4	1.27	.278	4.56	8.64
5	CC Sabathia	9	9	5	2	.714	4.53	48	0	0	0	51.2	47	26	28	7	23	3	0	2	222	2	8.36	4.01	2.09	1.22	21.6	10.4	1.35	.284	4.88	8.19
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	8	8	3	3	.500	4.47	50	0	0	0	44.1	45	22	23	11	9	1	0	1	187	1	10.15	1.83	5.56	2.23	26.7	4.8	1.22	.293	4.67	9.14
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	8	8	1	3	.250	5.00	33	0	0	0	45.0	48	25	27	4	24	1	0	1	206	4	6.60	4.80	1.38	0.80	16.0	11.7	1.60	.306	5.40	9.60
8	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8	8	4	3	.571	3.90	36	3	1	0	55.1	54	24	26	6	17	0	0	1	235	1	5.86	2.77	2.12	0.98	15.3	7.2	1.28	.273	4.23	8.78
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7	7	2	3	.400	5.49	43	0	0	0	39.1	34	24	24	11	12	3	0	0	165	4	9.84	2.75	3.58	2.52	26.1	7.3	1.17	.240	5.49	7.78
10	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	7	7	3	4	.429	3.86	42	0	0	0	42.0	42	18	20	8	7	1	0	2	174	0	9.00	1.50	6.00	1.71	24.1	4.0	1.17	.293	4.29	9.00
11	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	7	7	2	2	.500	5.15	29	0	0	0	43.2	43	25	25	6	14	1	0	1	181	0	5.98	2.89	2.07	1.24	16.0	7.7	1.31	.282	5.15	8.86
12	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	7	9	3	2	.600	2.73	32	1	1	0	52.2	37	16	17	7	18	2	2	0	208	1	5.47	3.08	1.78	1.20	15.4	8.7	1.04	.201	2.91	6.32
13	Don Gullett D. Gullett	7	7	3	3	.500	4.05	25	1	0	0	46.2	40	21	21	2	20	3	0	1	194	1	4.82	3.86	1.25	0.39	12.9	10.3	1.29	.264	4.05	7.71
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	6	6	4	2	.667	3.03	38	0	0	0	35.2	26	12	12	5	10	1	0	0	137	1	9.59	2.52	3.80	1.26	27.7	7.3	1.01	.253	3.03	6.56
15	Max Fried M. Fried	6	8	0	1	.000	2.83	34	0	0	0	35.0	36	11	13	3	7	1	0	0	146	1	8.74	1.80	4.86	0.77	23.3	4.8	1.23	.327	3.34	9.26
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	6	7	4	2	.667	3.89	35	0	0	0	39.1	32	17	18	4	14	0	0	0	163	1	8.01	3.20	2.50	0.92	21.5	8.6	1.17	.255	4.12	7.32
17	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	6	7	1	2	.333	3.78	37	0	0	0	33.1	36	14	17	3	10	1	1	0	149	2	9.99	2.70	3.70	0.81	24.8	6.7	1.38	.337	4.59	9.72
18	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	6	6	3	2	.600	3.83	35	1	1	0	40.0	36	17	19	4	10	1	0	0	168	1	7.88	2.25	3.50	0.90	20.8	6.0	1.15	.271	4.27	8.10
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	6	7	5	0	1.000	1.70	35	0	0	1	47.2	26	9	9	3	17	0	1	0	183	3	6.61	3.21	2.06	0.57	19.1	9.3	0.90	.180	1.70	4.91
20	Jack Morris J. Morris	6	6	4	2	.667	3.32	31	2	0	0	43.1	36	16	16	4	17	0	0	0	176	2	6.44	3.53	1.82	0.83	17.6	9.7	1.22	.258	3.32	7.48
21	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	6	6	5	1	.833	2.39	37	5	0	0	52.2	43	14	20	1	20	0	0	2	214	0	6.32	3.42	1.85	0.17	17.3	9.3	1.20	.269	3.42	7.35
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	5	5	3	0	1.000	0.82	37	0	0	0	33.0	12	3	3	1	6	2	0	0	116	0	10.09	1.64	6.17	0.27	31.9	5.2	0.55	.157	0.82	3.27
23	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	5	5	1	1	.500	2.49	36	0	0	0	25.1	15	7	7	4	15	0	0	0	104	1	12.79	5.33	2.40	1.42	34.6	14.4	1.18	.224	2.49	5.33
24	Chris Sale C. Sale	5	5	1	1	.500	6.43	28	0	0	0	21.0	25	15	15	4	10	2	0	0	97	1	12.00	4.29	2.80	1.71	28.9	10.3	1.67	.396	6.43	10.71
25	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	5	5	4	1	.800	1.73	30	2	2	0	36.1	23	7	7	3	6	2	0	1	140	0	7.43	1.49	5.00	0.74	21.4	4.3	0.80	.202	1.73	5.70

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	43	42	.506
Mariners	43	43	.500	0.5
Astros	42	45	.483	2.0
Athletics	40	45	.471	3.0
Angels	36	50	.419	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 6/30	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 7/1	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Fri 7/3	TBR	@	HOU	8:15 PM
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RBI Leaders

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Díaz

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Hit Leaders

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Lopez

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Arraez

99

Díaz

Run Leaders

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Wood

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Ohtani

59

Kurtz

OBP Leaders

.424

Alvarez

.423

Kurtz

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Díaz

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

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Schwarber

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Witt

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Win Leaders

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Strikeout Leaders

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128

Cease

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K/9 Leaders

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Phillies	47	38	.553	3.5
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Mets	35	50	.412	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	51	31	.622
Cubs	47	38	.553	5.5
Cardinals	43	38	.531	7.5
Pirates	43	42	.506	9.5
Reds	39	44	.470	12.5
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Dodgers	55	30	.647
Padres	43	40	.518	11.0
Diamondbacks	42	42	.500	12.5
Giants	35	49	.417	19.5
Rockies	33	52	.388	22.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	48	33	.593
Yankees	48	36	.571	1.5
Blue Jays	40	45	.471	10.0
Orioles	39	47	.453	11.5
Red Sox	37	46	.446	12.0
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White Sox	44	39	.530
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Twins	41	45	.477	4.5
Tigers	36	49	.424	9.0
Royals	35	50	.412	10.0
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Astros	42	45	.483	2.0
Athletics	40	45	.471	3.0
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