most strikeouts by a starter in the playoffs in 2021

Max Fried struck out the most hitters by a starting pitcher in the 2021 postseason, with 29 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Max Fried M. Fried	29	2021	ATL	5	2	2	.500	5	4.23	0	0	0	27.2	30	13	13	3	3	1	0	0	114	2	9.43	0.98	9.67	0.98	25.4	2.6	1.19	.346	4.23	9.76
2	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	23	2021	BOS	4	2	1	.667	4	3.15	0	0	0	20.0	17	7	7	2	3	0	0	1	81	0	10.35	1.35	7.67	0.90	28.4	3.7	1.00	.283	3.15	7.65
3	Charlie Morton C. Morton	22	2021	ATL	4	0	1	.000	4	3.24	0	0	0	16.2	11	6	6	2	10	2	0	0	72	2	11.88	5.40	2.20	1.08	30.6	13.9	1.26	.250	3.24	5.94
4	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	21	2021	HOU	5	1	3	.250	5	8.04	0	0	0	15.2	13	14	14	3	12	0	0	1	73	0	12.06	6.89	1.75	1.72	28.8	16.4	1.60	.270	8.04	7.47
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	21	2021	LAD	3	0	1	.000	3	2.30	0	0	0	15.2	10	4	4	2	5	1	0	0	64	1	12.06	2.87	4.20	1.15	32.8	7.8	0.96	.229	2.30	5.74
6	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	18	2021	LAD	4	0	2	.000	4	4.91	0	0	0	18.1	22	10	12	3	9	0	0	0	83	0	8.84	4.42	2.00	1.47	21.7	10.8	1.69	.358	5.89	10.80
7	Logan Webb L. Webb	17	2021	SFG	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.61	0	0	0	14.2	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	53	0	10.43	0.61	17.00	0.00	32.1	1.9	0.68	.257	0.61	5.52
8	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	16	2021	ATL	4	2	0	1.000	4	1.59	0	0	0	17.0	9	3	3	1	7	2	0	0	68	0	8.47	3.71	2.29	0.53	23.5	10.3	0.94	.190	1.59	4.76
9	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	16	2021	HOU	5	1	1	.500	5	7.78	0	0	0	19.2	28	17	18	6	8	2	0	0	92	0	7.32	3.66	2.00	2.75	17.4	8.7	1.83	.367	8.24	12.81
10	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	14	2021	BOS	3	1	1	.500	3	4.97	0	0	0	12.2	10	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	50	0	9.95	1.42	7.00	0.71	28.0	4.0	0.95	.273	4.97	7.11
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	11	2021	BOS	3	0	1	.000	3	8.00	0	0	0	9.0	12	8	10	2	4	1	0	0	45	1	11.00	4.00	2.75	2.00	24.4	8.9	1.78	.370	10.00	12.00
12	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	9	2021	HOU	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.84	0	0	0	10.2	9	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	42	0	7.59	2.53	3.00	0.84	21.4	7.1	1.13	.286	0.84	7.59
13	José Urquidy J. Urquidy	8	2021	HOU	2	1	1	.500	2	9.45	0	0	0	6.2	11	7	8	2	2	0	0	0	34	1	10.80	2.70	4.00	2.70	23.5	5.9	1.95	.409	10.80	14.85
14	Julio Urías J. Urías	8	2021	LAD	2	1	1	.500	2	5.40	0	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	3	3	0	0	1	44	0	7.20	2.70	2.67	2.70	18.2	6.8	1.40	.267	5.40	9.90
15	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	7	2021	SFG	1	0	1	.000	1	6.75	0	0	0	5.1	4	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	23	0	11.81	5.06	2.33	0.00	30.4	13.0	1.31	.308	6.75	6.75
16	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	7	2021	MIL	1	0	1	.000	1	4.50	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	24	1	10.50	1.50	7.00	1.50	29.2	4.2	1.00	.267	4.50	7.50
17	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	6	2021	MIL	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	1	9.00	4.50	2.00	0.00	28.6	14.3	0.83	.167	0.00	3.00
18	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	5	2021	MIL	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	11.25	2.25	5.00	0.00	33.3	6.7	1.00	.333	0.00	6.75
19	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	5	2021	STL	1	0	0		1	1.69	0	0	0	5.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	0	8.44	3.38	2.50	1.69	23.8	9.5	1.13	.231	1.69	6.75
20	Alex Wood A. Wood	4	2021	SFG	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	7.71	3.86	2.00	0.00	22.2	11.1	0.86	.167	0.00	3.86
21	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	4	2021	CWS	1	0	0		1	8.31	0	0	0	4.1	3	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	21	1	8.31	10.38	0.80	0.00	19.0	23.8	1.85	.250	8.31	6.23
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	4	2021	CWS	1	0	1	.000	1	12.27	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	20	1	9.82	4.91	2.00	0.00	20.0	10.0	2.18	.429	12.27	14.73
23	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3	2021	HOU	2	0	0		2	3.38	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	23	0	5.06	5.06	1.00	1.69	13.0	13.0	1.50	.250	3.38	8.44
24	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	3	2021	BOS	1	0	0		1	1.80	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	1	5.40	3.60	1.50	1.80	15.8	10.5	0.80	.077	1.80	3.60
25	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	3	2021	LAD	2	0	0		2	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	13.50	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	1.00	.400	4.50	9.00