most strikeouts by a pitcher in a road playoff elimination game

Kevin Brown has fanned the most hitters on the road in a postseason game, with 16 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1998 NLDS against the Astros.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Kevin Brown
K. Brown
16
9/29/1998
SDP SDP
@
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
28
0
2 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
15
10/14/2000
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
3 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
15
10/11/1997
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
4 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
15
10/2/1963
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
36
0
5 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
13
9/29/2020
NYY NYY
@
CLE CLE
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
6
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
27
1
6 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
13
10/9/2015
NYM NYM
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
27
0
7 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
13
10/13/2013
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
25
0
8 Cliff Lee
C. Lee
13
10/18/2010
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
9 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
13
10/5/1997
SEA SEA
@
BAL BAL
L
1
3.38
1
0
0
8.0
7
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
33
0
10 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
13
10/6/1973
NYM NYM
@
CIN CIN
L
1
2.16
1
0
0
8.1
6
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
32
0
11 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
13
10/12/1964
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
10.0
6
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
39
0
12 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
13
10/8/1929
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
13 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
12
9/30/2020
CIN CIN
@
ATL ATL
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
14 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
12
10/11/2017
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
15 Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
12
10/12/2013
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
25
2
16 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
12
10/3/2013
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
26
1
17 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
12
10/19/2001
ARI ARI
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
32
0
18 Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
12
10/24/2000
NYY NYY
@
NYM NYM
L
1
4.91
0
0
0
7.1
9
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
34
0
19 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
12
10/14/1986
HOU HOU
@
NYM NYM
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
30
0
20 Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
12
10/8/1944
SLN SLN
@
SLA SLA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
36
0
21 Bill Donovan
B. Donovan
12
10/8/1907
DET DET
@
CHC CHC
1
0.75
1
0
0
12.0
10
1
3
0
3
2
0
0
48
0
22 Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
12
10/11/1906
CWS CWS
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
1
23 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
11
10/12/2020
HOU HOU
@
TBR TBR
L
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
4
2
0
1
0
0
28
0
24 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
11
10/12/2019
WSH WSH
@
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
25 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
11
10/7/2015
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
32
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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