most strikeouts by a pitcher in playoffs

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
244
38
17
12
.586
37
3.58
2
1
0
226.0
179
90
93
32
74
5
0
0
920
8
9.72
2.95
3.30
1.27
26.5
8.0
1.12
.260
3.70
7.13
2Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
213
41
13
13
.500
32
4.62
0
0
1
196.2
171
101
107
32
54
4
2
6
803
11
9.75
2.47
3.94
1.46
26.5
6.7
1.14
.278
4.90
7.83
3John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
199
41
15
4
.789
27
2.67
2
1
4
209.0
172
62
67
17
67
3
11
6
856
6
8.57
2.89
2.97
0.73
23.2
7.8
1.14
.272
2.89
7.41
4Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
183
44
19
11
.633
44
3.81
0
0
0
276.2
285
117
121
31
76
3
0
4
1,157
4
5.95
2.47
2.41
1.01
15.8
6.6
1.30
.294
3.94
9.27
5Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
182
33
8
8
.500
28
3.78
0
0
1
157.1
121
66
69
23
62
9
1
4
652
8
10.41
3.55
2.94
1.32
27.9
9.5
1.16
.261
3.95
6.92
6Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
173
35
12
8
.600
34
3.75
1
1
0
199.0
173
83
87
17
70
6
1
1
837
10
7.82
3.17
2.47
0.77
20.7
8.4
1.22
.273
3.93
7.82
7Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
156
22
11
6
.647
22
2.77
0
0
0
133.1
100
41
50
19
36
3
0
1
537
1
10.53
2.43
4.33
1.28
29.1
6.7
1.02
.251
3.38
6.75
8Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
145
23
7
8
.467
21
3.42
0
0
0
139.2
121
53
56
19
33
3
0
7
571
2
9.34
2.13
4.39
1.22
25.4
5.8
1.10
.275
3.61
7.80
9Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
143
35
14
16
.467
35
3.30
3
0
0
218.1
191
80
91
21
87
7
0
11
912
3
5.89
3.59
1.64
0.87
15.7
9.5
1.27
.260
3.75
7.87
10Jon Lester
J. Lester
133
26
9
7
.563
22
2.51
0
0
0
154.0
117
43
46
15
40
3
2
0
610
4
7.77
2.34
3.33
0.88
21.8
6.6
1.02
.243
2.69
6.84
11Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
132
19
7
9
.438
16
3.50
3
2
0
121.0
106
47
51
15
32
0
2
2
493
0
9.82
2.38
4.13
1.12
26.8
6.5
1.14
.290
3.79
7.88
12Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
125
35
11
14
.440
30
3.27
2
0
1
198.0
195
72
97
14
51
9
2
16
836
4
5.68
2.32
2.45
0.64
15.0
6.1
1.24
.284
4.41
8.86
13Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
123
29
4
5
.444
16
2.83
1
0
4
114.1
105
36
39
11
22
2
9
1
464
4
9.68
1.73
5.59
0.87
26.5
4.7
1.11
.307
3.07
8.27
14CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
121
26
10
7
.588
23
4.28
1
0
0
130.1
137
62
67
15
63
8
0
9
586
5
8.36
4.35
1.92
1.04
20.6
10.8
1.53
.322
4.63
9.46
15Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
120
19
11
2
.846
19
2.23
4
2
0
133.1
104
33
37
12
25
3
0
0
525
1
8.10
1.69
4.80
0.81
22.9
4.8
0.97
.252
2.50
7.02
16Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
114
19
4
4
.500
18
3.04
0
0
1
94.2
73
32
34
9
36
2
1
2
388
3
10.84
3.42
3.17
0.86
29.4
9.3
1.15
.282
3.23
6.94
17John Lackey
J. Lackey
114
29
8
6
.571
23
3.44
0
0
0
144.0
135
55
58
7
47
4
2
6
601
10
7.13
2.94
2.43
0.44
19.0
7.8
1.26
.298
3.63
8.44
18Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
110
96
8
1
.889
0
0.70
0
0
42
141.0
86
11
13
2
21
3
78
4
527
3
7.02
1.34
5.24
0.13
20.9
4.0
0.76
.215
0.83
5.49
19Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
107
19
9
3
.750
14
2.55
0
0
0
106.0
77
30
32
10
55
4
0
3
443
1
9.08
4.67
1.95
0.85
24.2
12.4
1.25
.251
2.72
6.54
20Blake Snell
B. Snell
102
18
7
5
.583
15
3.27
0
0
1
82.2
59
30
30
10
36
1
1
0
331
5
11.10
3.92
2.83
1.09
30.8
10.9
1.15
.269
3.27
6.42
21Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
100
22
4
6
.400
21
4.14
0
0
0
113.0
103
52
55
19
33
3
0
0
469
2
7.96
2.63
3.03
1.51
21.3
7.0
1.20
.268
4.38
8.20
22Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
99
14
7
3
.700
13
3.07
3
3
0
93.2
67
32
32
11
21
4
0
1
366
3
9.51
2.02
4.71
1.06
27.0
5.7
0.94
.242
3.07
6.44
23Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
97
22
8
3
.727
18
2.59
4
2
1
132.0
103
38
43
8
43
6
2
5
533
6
6.61
2.93
2.26
0.55
18.2
8.1
1.11
.251
2.93
7.02
24Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
96
16
6
4
.600
14
3.46
0
0
0
96.1
74
37
37
10
30
8
1
0
391
1
8.97
2.80
3.20
0.93
24.6
7.7
1.08
.259
3.46
6.91
25Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
95
17
7
6
.538
16
4.34
0
0
0
85.0
82
41
45
14
34
4
1
0
360
0
10.06
3.60
2.79
1.48
26.4
9.4
1.36
.319
4.76
8.68
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HR

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Dingler

Dillon Dingler

RBI

72

Dingler

Dillon Dingler

AVG

.287

McGonigle

Kevin McGonigle
Team Pitching Leaders

W

8

Montero

Keider Montero

K

116

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

1.75

Melton

Troy Melton
Team Rankings

HR

138

10th

R

505

14th

SO

937

18th

ERA

3.59

4th

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TEAMWLPCTGB
White Sox White Sox
59
52
.532
Guardians Guardians
57
56
.504
3.0
Twins Twins
56
57
.496
4.0
Tigers Tigers
54
58
.482
5.5
Royals Royals
46
67
.407
14.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
8/4
DET DET
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Wed
8/5
DET DET
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Thu
8/6
DET DET
@
SEA SEA
4:10 PM
Fri
8/7
DET DET
@
SFG SFG
10:15 PM
Sat
8/8
DET DET
@
SFG SFG
7:15 PM
Last Game
DET Tigers

54 - 58

11

Final

0

ATH Athletics

45 - 67

Sun 2 Aug 2026

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33

Goodman

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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

85

Stewart

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85

Abrams

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84

Alvarez

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Batting Average Leaders

.330

Alvarez

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.324

Arraez

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.321

Lopez

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Hit Leaders

140

Lopez

Otto Lopez

136

Arraez

Luis Arraez

133

Alvarez

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Run Leaders

100

Wood

James Wood

78

Olson

Matt Olson

77

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez
OBP Leaders

.442

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

.408

Soto

Juan Soto

.397

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani
SLG Leaders

.650

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

.561

Rice

Ben Rice

.560

García

Luis García Jr.
SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

Nasim Nuñez

30

Chisholm

Jazz Chisholm Jr.

30

Witt

Bobby Witt Jr.

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

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13

Burns

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13

Gray

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195

Misiorowski

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178

Williams

Gavin Williams

174

Cease

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ERA Leaders

1.63

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler

2.08

Sale

Chris Sale
WHIP Leaders

0.73

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler
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13.82

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

Dylan Cease

11.53

Williams

Gavin Williams
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6.72

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

6.35

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler

6.10

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Drew Rasmussen
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20

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20

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Nick Martinez

21

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1,340.6

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1,231

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1,185

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White Sox

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Nationals

66-47

Rays

62-49

Reds

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Padres

61-51

Cardinals

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Worst Record ATS
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42-71

Phillies

44-68

Dodgers

49-63

Rangers

50-62

Athletics

50-62

Royals

52-61

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Braves Braves
67
45
.598
Phillies Phillies
59
53
.527
8.0
Marlins Marlins
58
55
.513
9.5
Nationals Nationals
55
58
.487
12.5
Mets Mets
47
66
.416
20.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
Brewers Brewers
69
42
.622
Cubs Cubs
63
49
.563
6.5
Pirates Pirates
56
57
.496
14.0
Cardinals Cardinals
55
57
.491
14.5
Reds Reds
53
58
.477
16.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
Dodgers Dodgers
69
43
.616
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
59
53
.527
10.0
Padres Padres
58
54
.518
11.0
Giants Giants
47
65
.420
22.0
Rockies Rockies
45
67
.402
24.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
Rays Rays
65
46
.586
Yankees Yankees
63
49
.563
2.5
Red Sox Red Sox
60
51
.541
5.0
Orioles Orioles
54
58
.482
11.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
52
60
.464
13.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
White Sox White Sox
59
52
.532
Guardians Guardians
57
56
.504
3.0
Twins Twins
56
57
.496
4.0
Tigers Tigers
54
58
.482
5.5
Royals Royals
46
67
.407
14.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
Astros Astros
58
55
.513
Rangers Rangers
55
57
.491
2.5
Mariners Mariners
55
58
.487
3.0
Athletics Athletics
45
67
.402
12.5
Angels Angels
43
69
.384
14.5

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Sun
7/19
CWS CWS
@
TOR TOR
3-0
Sun
7/19
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
6-1
Sun
7/19
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
1-6
Sun
7/19
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
19-2
Sun
7/19
MIN MIN
@
CHC CHC
1-10

Schedule

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Mon
8/3
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Mon
8/3
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Mon
8/3
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
7:40 PM
Mon
8/3
SFG SFG
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Mon
8/3
LAD LAD
@
CHC CHC
8:05 PM