most strikeouts for a pitcher in a game 7

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 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
10
11/4/2001
NYY NYY
@
ARI ARI
1
1.42
0
0
0
6.1
7
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
2 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
10
10/12/1967
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
32
1
3 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
10
10/14/1965
LAD LAD
@
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
33
0
4 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
10
10/10/1945
DET DET
@
CHC CHC
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
38
1
5 Matt Garza
M. Garza
9
10/19/2008
TBR TBR
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
27
0
6 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
9
11/4/2001
ARI ARI
vs
NYY NYY
1
2.45
0
0
0
7.1
6
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
27
0
7 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
9
10/15/1964
STL STL
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
5
5
3
3
0
0
0
38
0
8 Jon Lester
J. Lester
8
10/19/2008
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
6
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
27
0
9 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
8
10/16/2003
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
1
6.14
0
0
0
7.1
10
5
5
2
1
0
0
0
33
0
10 Jack Morris
J. Morris
8
10/27/1991
MIN MIN
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
10.0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
38
0
11 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
8
10/17/1991
ATL ATL
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
35
0
12 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
8
10/10/1968
STL STL
vs
DET DET
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
4
4
0
1
0
0
1
36
0
13 Brandon Pfaadt
B. Pfaadt
7
10/24/2023
ARI ARI
@
PHI PHI
1
4.50
0
0
0
4.0
4
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
18
0
14 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
7
10/17/2020
HOU HOU
@
TBR TBR
L
1
7.36
0
0
0
3.2
4
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
17
0
15 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
7
10/20/2018
LAD LAD
@
MIL MIL
1
1.93
0
0
0
4.2
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
19
0
16 Al Leiter
A. Leiter
7
10/26/1997
FLA FLA
vs
CLE CLE
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
2
0
4
0
0
1
25
0
17 Jaret Wright
J. Wright
7
10/26/1997
CLE CLE
@
FLA FLA
1
1.42
0
0
0
6.1
2
1
1
1
5
0
0
0
26
0
18 Frank Viola
F. Viola
7
10/25/1987
MIN MIN
vs
STL STL
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
19 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
7
10/10/1931
PHA PHA
@
SLN SLN
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
4
3
4
1
2
0
0
0
26
1
20 Carl Mays
C. Mays
7
10/12/1921
NYY NYY
@
NYG NYG
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
6
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
21 Ranger Suárez
R. Suárez
6
10/24/2023
PHI PHI
vs
ARI ARI
L
1
5.79
0
0
0
4.2
6
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
22 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
6
10/17/2020
TBR TBR
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
20
0
23 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
6
10/21/2017
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
0
0.00
0
0
1
4.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
14
0
24 Jeff Suppan
J. Suppan
6
10/21/2004
STL STL
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
24
0
25 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
6
10/15/2003
CHC CHC
vs
FLA 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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