Jake Arrieta has fanned the most hitters in a Wild Card playoff game, with 11 strikeouts against the Pirates on October 7, 2015.
| NAME | SO | DATE | SEASON | SERIES | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Arrieta | 11 | 10/7/2015 | 2015 | NL Wild Card |  CHC | @ |  PIT | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 |  | N. Syndergaard | 10 | 10/5/2016 | 2016 | NL Wild Card |  NYM | vs |  SFG | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | M. Bumgarner | 10 | 10/1/2014 | 2014 | NL Wild Card | SFG | @ | PIT | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 4 |  | J. Lester | 9 | 10/2/2018 | 2018 | NL Wild Card | CHC | vs |  COL | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | N. Eovaldi | 8 | 10/5/2021 | 2021 | AL Wild Card |  BOS | vs |  NYY | W | 1 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 |  | L. Severino | 7 | 10/3/2018 | 2018 | AL Wild Card | NYY | vs |  OAK | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 7 |  | D. Keuchel | 7 | 10/6/2015 | 2015 | AL Wild Card |  HOU | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 8 |  | Y. Darvish | 7 | 10/5/2012 | 2012 | AL Wild Card |  TEX | vs |  BAL | L | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 9 |  | M. Scherzer | 6 | 10/1/2019 | 2019 | NL Wild Card |  WSH | vs |  MIL | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 10 |  | K. Freeland | 6 | 10/2/2018 | 2018 | NL Wild Card | COL | @ | CHC | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 11 | | M. Bumgarner | 6 | 10/5/2016 | 2016 | NL Wild Card | SFG | @ | NYM | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| 12 |  | M. Stroman | 6 | 10/4/2016 | 2016 | AL Wild Card |  TOR | vs | BAL | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 13 | | J. Shields | 6 | 9/30/2014 | 2014 | AL Wild Card |  KCR | vs | OAK | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 14 | | K. Lohse | 6 | 10/5/2012 | 2012 | NL Wild Card |  STL | @ |  ATL | W | 1 | 3.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 15 | | A. Wainwright | 5 | 10/6/2021 | 2021 | NL Wild Card | STL | @ |  LAD | 1 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 16 |  | S. Manaea | 5 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | OAK | vs |  TBR | L | 1 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | | D. Robertson | 5 | 10/3/2017 | 2017 | AL Wild Card | NYY | vs |  MIN | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 18 |  | J. Lester | 5 | 9/30/2014 | 2014 | AL Wild Card | OAK | @ | KCR | 1 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 19 | | A. Cobb | 5 | 10/2/2013 | 2013 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ |  CLE | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 20 | | F. Liriano | 5 | 10/1/2013 | 2013 | NL Wild Card | PIT | vs |  CIN | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 21 |  | M. Scherzer | 4 | 10/6/2021 | 2021 | NL Wild Card | LAD | vs | STL | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 22 | | N. Anderson | 4 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ | OAK | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 23 |  | C. Morton | 4 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 24 | | J. Luzardo | 4 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | OAK | vs | TBR | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 25 |  | S. Strasburg | 4 | 10/1/2019 | 2019 | NL Wild Card | WSH | vs | MIL | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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