most strikeouts by a pitcher in the alcs

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career batters in the ALCS, 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	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
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	61	ALCS	11	3	3	.500	11	3.90	1	1	0	62.1	54	27	29	5	22	2	0	0	261	3	8.81	3.18	2.77	0.72	23.4	8.4	1.22	.287	4.19	7.80
4	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	51	ALCS	13	7	2	.778	13	3.56	0	0	0	86.0	89	34	34	13	21	0	0	1	353	0	5.34	2.20	2.43	1.36	14.4	5.9	1.28	.284	3.56	9.31
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	49	ALCS	8	2	3	.400	8	5.22	0	0	0	39.2	31	23	23	4	21	3	0	1	168	2	11.12	4.76	2.33	0.91	29.2	12.5	1.31	.297	5.22	7.03
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	40	ALCS	6	1	2	.333	5	4.72	0	0	0	34.1	32	18	18	5	13	4	0	0	150	0	10.49	3.41	3.08	1.31	26.7	8.7	1.31	.307	4.72	8.39
10	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
11	David Wells D. Wells	39	ALCS	10	4	0	1.000	4	2.79	0	0	0	38.2	31	12	13	5	11	4	1	1	157	1	9.08	2.56	3.55	1.16	24.8	7.0	1.09	.265	3.03	7.22
12	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
13	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	37	ALCS	8	0	2	.000	4	2.83	0	0	1	28.2	21	9	14	5	7	3	1	0	117	3	11.62	2.20	5.29	1.57	31.6	6.0	0.98	.246	4.40	6.59
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	37	ALCS	10	4	3	.571	10	3.25	3	1	0	69.1	57	25	25	12	18	1	0	2	274	0	4.80	2.34	2.06	1.56	13.5	6.6	1.08	.218	3.25	7.40
15	David Cone D. Cone	36	ALCS	7	3	1	.750	6	3.23	0	0	0	39.0	35	14	17	5	19	0	1	0	169	1	8.31	4.38	1.89	1.15	21.3	11.2	1.38	.275	3.92	8.08
16	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	34	ALCS	33	4	0	1.000	0	0.92	0	0	13	48.2	33	5	5	0	7	0	27	1	183	2	6.29	1.29	4.86	0.00	18.6	3.8	0.82	.232	0.92	6.10
17	David Price D. Price	33	ALCS	7	2	1	.667	4	4.10	0	0	1	26.1	19	12	12	3	7	0	3	0	105	0	11.28	2.39	4.71	1.03	31.4	6.7	0.99	.258	4.10	6.49
18	Dave McNally D. McNally	30	ALCS	5	3	2	.600	5	2.68	2	1	0	40.1	29	12	13	7	15	0	0	1	159	2	6.69	3.35	2.00	1.56	18.9	9.4	1.09	.206	2.90	6.47
19	John Lackey J. Lackey	28	ALCS	5	2	2	.500	5	2.90	0	0	0	31.0	30	10	12	1	7	0	0	0	127	0	8.13	2.03	4.00	0.29	22.0	5.5	1.19	.319	3.48	8.71
20	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	28	ALCS	5	1	3	.250	5	4.26	0	0	0	31.2	23	15	15	3	16	1	0	2	132	0	7.96	4.55	1.75	0.85	21.2	12.1	1.23	.238	4.26	6.54
21	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	28	ALCS	6	2	2	.500	6	3.07	2	0	0	44.0	32	15	16	3	19	0	0	2	182	1	5.73	3.89	1.47	0.61	15.4	10.4	1.16	.220	3.27	6.55
22	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	27	ALCS	7	4	2	.667	5	4.50	0	0	0	30.0	29	15	15	2	10	1	0	3	131	0	8.10	3.00	2.70	0.60	20.6	7.6	1.30	.297	4.50	8.70
23	Jon Lester J. Lester	27	ALCS	6	1	3	.250	4	3.86	0	0	0	28.0	30	12	13	4	7	2	2	0	119	0	8.68	2.25	3.86	1.29	22.7	5.9	1.32	.329	4.18	9.64
24	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	26	ALCS	19	3	0	1.000	0	2.00	0	0	7	18.0	14	4	4	1	6	0	12	0	73	3	13.00	3.00	4.33	0.50	35.6	8.2	1.11	.325	2.00	7.00
25	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	26	ALCS	4	3	0	1.000	4	5.01	0	0	0	23.1	22	13	13	6	3	2	0	0	93	1	10.03	1.16	8.67	2.31	28.0	3.2	1.07	.286	5.01	8.49

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