most strikeouts by a pitcher in a lcs series

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career batters in the League Championship Series, with 98 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SERIES	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	98	ALCS	14	7	5	.583	14	3.19	1	0	0	93.0	71	33	33	15	21	2	0	0	371	5	9.48	2.03	4.67	1.45	26.4	5.7	0.99	.238	3.19	6.87
2	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	89	NLCS	17	6	2	.750	13	2.83	1	1	1	95.1	81	30	33	8	34	0	3	4	396	3	8.40	3.21	2.62	0.76	22.5	8.6	1.21	.275	3.12	7.65
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	71	NLCS	14	5	4	.556	14	3.87	1	1	0	81.1	70	35	37	8	26	2	0	0	337	4	7.86	2.88	2.73	0.89	21.1	7.7	1.18	.270	4.09	7.75
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	67	ALCS	10	3	3	.500	10	4.41	0	0	0	51.0	36	25	25	5	24	3	0	1	209	2	11.82	4.24	2.79	0.88	32.1	11.5	1.18	.282	4.41	6.35
5	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	67	NLCS	17	4	8	.333	14	3.67	0	0	1	88.1	89	36	52	6	26	5	1	8	390	3	6.83	2.65	2.58	0.61	17.2	6.7	1.30	.290	5.30	9.07
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	66	ALCS	9	2	3	.400	8	3.34	0	0	0	56.2	42	21	21	7	13	1	0	1	224	0	10.48	2.06	5.08	1.11	29.5	5.8	0.97	.255	3.34	6.67
7	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	66	NLCS	17	6	10	.375	17	3.22	0	0	0	103.1	102	37	43	9	42	5	0	8	443	2	5.75	3.66	1.57	0.78	14.9	9.5	1.39	.290	3.75	8.88
8	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	57	ALCS	15	7	3	.700	15	3.75	0	0	0	98.1	104	41	41	14	25	1	0	1	408	0	5.22	2.29	2.28	1.28	14.0	6.1	1.31	.289	3.75	9.52
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	53	NLCS	14	3	6	.333	10	4.84	0	0	0	57.2	50	31	34	8	19	1	1	1	239	5	8.27	2.97	2.79	1.25	22.2	7.9	1.20	.266	5.31	7.80
10	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	47	NLCS	11	4	0	1.000	8	1.52	2	1	1	65.1	49	11	14	1	20	4	1	4	261	4	6.47	2.76	2.35	0.14	18.0	7.7	1.06	.254	1.93	6.75
11	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	46	ALCS	7	4	1	.800	7	3.26	0	0	0	47.0	36	17	19	4	26	1	0	2	201	0	8.81	4.98	1.77	0.77	22.9	12.9	1.32	.258	3.64	6.89
12	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	46	ALCS	8	4	1	.800	7	1.96	5	1	0	59.2	46	13	13	5	19	1	1	2	239	2	6.94	2.87	2.42	0.75	19.2	7.9	1.09	.244	1.96	6.94
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	46	NLCS	6	1	1	.500	5	3.70	0	0	0	41.1	32	17	19	2	9	0	1	1	160	1	10.02	1.96	5.11	0.44	28.8	5.6	0.99	.291	4.14	6.97
14	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	45	ALCS	7	3	3	.500	7	3.13	0	0	0	37.1	32	13	17	6	14	2	0	0	156	0	10.85	3.38	3.21	1.45	28.8	9.0	1.23	.292	4.10	7.71
15	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	45	ALCS	7	4	0	1.000	6	4.22	1	1	0	42.2	33	20	20	9	5	2	0	0	164	1	9.49	1.05	9.00	1.90	27.4	3.0	0.89	.233	4.22	6.96
16	David Cone D. Cone	45	ALCS	10	4	2	.667	8	3.53	1	0	0	51.0	45	20	23	5	24	1	2	1	221	2	7.94	4.24	1.88	0.88	20.4	10.9	1.35	.274	4.06	7.94
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	44	ALCS	7	3	1	.750	7	3.47	1	0	0	46.2	40	18	19	4	9	0	0	0	185	0	8.49	1.74	4.89	0.77	23.8	4.9	1.05	.281	3.66	7.71
18	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	43	NLCS	7	1	2	.333	7	3.15	0	0	0	34.1	38	12	14	4	14	1	0	0	153	2	11.27	3.67	3.07	1.05	28.1	9.2	1.51	.374	3.67	9.96
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	43	NLCS	10	2	4	.333	8	3.27	0	0	0	52.1	50	19	20	7	15	2	2	0	217	0	7.39	2.58	2.87	1.20	19.8	6.9	1.24	.287	3.44	8.60
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	43	NLCS	7	1	2	.333	6	3.92	0	0	0	41.1	34	18	18	5	13	5	0	0	173	0	9.36	2.83	3.31	1.09	24.9	7.5	1.14	.271	3.92	7.40
21	David Wells D. Wells	42	ALCS	11	4	1	.800	5	3.02	0	0	0	44.2	39	15	16	6	13	4	1	1	184	1	8.46	2.62	3.23	1.21	22.8	7.1	1.16	.277	3.22	7.86
22	CC Sabathia	39	ALCS	11	4	4	.500	9	4.83	0	0	0	50.1	62	27	28	7	23	4	0	1	234	2	6.97	4.11	1.70	1.25	16.7	9.8	1.69	.342	5.01	11.09
23	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	39	ALCS	10	8	0	1.000	10	2.03	1	0	0	75.1	52	17	17	7	25	2	0	0	296	2	4.66	2.99	1.56	0.84	13.2	8.4	1.02	.202	2.03	6.21
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	39	NLCS	8	4	2	.667	8	3.52	1	0	0	53.2	53	21	22	5	28	1	0	1	235	2	6.54	4.70	1.39	0.84	16.6	11.9	1.51	.296	3.69	8.89
25	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	38	ALCS	8	3	2	.600	8	4.06	0	0	0	44.1	41	20	23	5	14	1	0	0	188	1	7.71	2.84	2.71	1.02	20.2	7.4	1.24	.277	4.67	8.32

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