4 pitchers are tied for striking out the most hitters in a postseason game, with 10 strikeouts. The first three are Roger Clemens, Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Clemens | 10 | 11/4/2001 |  NYY | @ |  ARI | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | B. Gibson | 10 | 10/12/1967 |  STL | @ |  BOS | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 3 |  | S. Koufax | 10 | 10/14/1965 |  LAD | @ |  MIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 4 |  | H. Newhouser | 10 | 10/10/1945 |  DET | @ |  CHC | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 5 |  | M. Garza | 9 | 10/19/2008 |  TBR | vs |  BOS | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 6 |  | C. Schilling | 9 | 11/4/2001 | ARI | vs | NYY | 1 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 7 | | B. Gibson | 9 | 10/15/1964 | STL | vs | NYY | W | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 8 |  | J. Lester | 8 | 10/19/2008 | BOS | @ | TBR | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 9 |  | P. Martinez | 8 | 10/16/2003 | BOS | @ | NYY | 1 | 6.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 10 |  | J. Morris | 8 | 10/27/1991 |  MIN | vs |  ATL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
| 11 |  | J. Smoltz | 8 | 10/17/1991 | ATL | @ |  PIT | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 12 | | B. Gibson | 8 | 10/10/1968 | STL | vs | DET | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| 13 | | B. Pfaadt | 7 | 10/24/2023 |  ARI | @ |  PHI | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 14 |  | L. McCullers Jr. | 7 | 10/17/2020 |  HOU | @ | TBR | L | 1 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 15 |  | W. Buehler | 7 | 10/20/2018 | LAD | @ |  MIL | 1 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 16 |  | A. Leiter | 7 | 10/26/1997 |  FLA | vs |  CLE | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |
| 17 |  | J. Wright | 7 | 10/26/1997 | CLE | @ | FLA | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 18 |  | F. Viola | 7 | 10/25/1987 | MIN | vs | STL | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 19 |  | G. Earnshaw | 7 | 10/10/1931 |  PHA | @ | SLN | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 20 |  | C. Mays | 7 | 10/12/1921 | NYY | @ |  NYG | L | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 21 |  | R. Suárez | 6 | 10/24/2023 | PHI | vs | ARI | L | 1 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 22 |  | C. Morton | 6 | 10/17/2020 | TBR | vs | HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 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 |  | J. Suppan | 6 | 10/21/2004 | STL | vs |  HOU | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 25 |  | K. Wood | 6 | 10/15/2003 |  CHC | vs | FLA | L | 1 | 11.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 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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