Moe Drabowsky has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in a postseason game, with 11 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1966 World Series against the Dodgers.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Drabowsky | 11 | 10/5/1966 |  BAL | @ |  LAD | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2 | | J. Barnes | 10 | 10/11/1921 |  NYG | @ |  NYY | W | 0 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 3 | | B. Woodruff | 8 | 10/17/2018 |  MIL | @ | LAD | L | 0 | 5.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 4 |  | P. Martinez | 8 | 10/11/1999 |  BOS | @ |  CLE | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | | W. Gardner | 8 | 10/8/1988 |  BOS | @ |  OAK | 0 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | |
| 6 | | T. McGraw | 8 | 10/14/1973 |  NYM | @ | OAK | W | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 7 | | R. Craig | 8 | 10/11/1964 |  STL | @ | NYY | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | | R. Duren | 8 | 10/8/1958 | NYY | @ |  MIL | W | 0 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | | N. Pivetta | 7 | 10/10/2021 | BOS | vs |  TBR | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | | C. Young | 7 | 10/8/2015 |  KCR | vs |  HOU | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 11 | | Y. Petit | 7 | 10/4/2014 |  SFG | @ |  WSH | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| 12 |  | N. Ryan | 7 | 10/6/1969 | NYM | vs |  ATL | W | 0 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| 13 | | W. Spahn | 7 | 10/10/1948 |  BSN | @ | CLE | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | | B. Donnelly | 7 | 10/5/1944 | SLN | vs |  SLA | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | | W. Moore | 7 | 10/2/1940 |  CIN | vs |  DET | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 16 | | J. Barnes | 7 | 10/7/1921 | NYG | vs | NYY | W | 0 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 17 | | R. Nelson | 6 | 10/31/2023 |  ARI | vs |  TEX | 0 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 18 | | L. Garcia | 6 | 10/15/2022 | HOU | @ |  SEA | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 19 | | S. Hentges | 6 | 10/8/2022 |  CLE | vs | TBR | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | | C. Javier | 6 | 10/10/2021 | HOU | @ |  CWS | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 21 | | J. UrÃas | 6 | 10/8/2020 | LAD | @ |  SDP | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | | F. Peralta | 6 | 10/16/2018 | MIL | @ | LAD | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 23 | | L. McCullers Jr. | 6 | 10/21/2017 | HOU | vs | NYY | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 24 |  | C. Sale | 6 | 10/9/2017 | BOS | vs | HOU | L | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 25 | | K. Medlen | 6 | 10/19/2015 | KCR | @ |  TOR | 0 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 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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