Jacob Misiorowski has struck out the most hitters by a rookie relief pitcher in a postseason game, with 9 strikeouts in Game 3 of the 2025 NLCS 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 |  | J. Misiorowski | 9 | 10/16/2025 |  MIL | @ |  LAD | L | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2 | | 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 |
| 3 | | 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 |
| 4 | | 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 |
| 5 | | 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 | |
| 6 |  | 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 | |
| 7 | | B. Reames | 6 | 10/12/2000 | STL | vs |  NYM | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |
| 8 | | J. Cabrera | 6 | 10/8/1999 |  HOU | vs |  ATL | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 9 | | T. Worrell | 6 | 10/24/1985 | STL | vs |  KCR | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 10 | | W. Klein | 5 | 10/27/2025 | LAD | vs |  TOR | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | | C. Patrick | 5 | 10/17/2025 | MIL | @ | LAD | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 12 | | M. Kopech | 5 | 10/10/2021 |  CWS | vs |  HOU | W | 0 | 11.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | | T. Houck | 5 | 10/8/2021 |  BOS | @ |  TBR | W | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 14 | | N. Pearson | 5 | 9/30/2020 | TOR | @ | TBR | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 15 | | J. Urquidy | 5 | 10/19/2019 | HOU | vs | NYY | 0 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 16 | | B. Woodruff | 5 | 10/20/2018 | MIL | vs | LAD | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| 17 | | J. James | 5 | 10/17/2018 | HOU | vs | BOS | L | 0 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | | M. Bush | 5 | 10/9/2016 | TEX | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 |  | K. Gausman | 5 | 10/3/2014 |  BAL | vs |  DET | 0 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 20 | | L. Lynn | 5 | 10/8/2012 | STL | vs |  WSH | W | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | | I. Nova | 5 | 9/30/2011 | NYY | vs | DET | W | 0 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 22 | | J. McDonald | 5 | 10/10/2008 | LAD | @ |  PHI | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 23 | | C. Richard | 5 | 10/2/2008 | CWS | @ | TBR | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 24 | | J. Pineiro | 5 | 10/22/2001 |  SEA | @ | NYY | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| 25 | | O. Dotel | 5 | 10/17/1999 | NYM | vs | ATL | W | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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