most strikeouts in a nl postseason game by a pitcher

Bob Gibson has fanned the most batters in the NL in a postseason game, with 17 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series versus the Tigers.

NAMESODATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
17
10/2/1968
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
2Kevin Brown
K. Brown
16
9/29/1998
@
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
28
0
3Livan Hernandez
L. Hernandez
15
10/12/1997
vs
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
31
0
4Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
15
10/2/1963
@
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
36
0
5Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
14
10/7/2010
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
6Mike Scott
M. Scott
14
10/8/1986
vs
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
34
0
7John Candelaria
J. Candelaria
14
10/7/1975
vs
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
29
0
8Carl Erskine
C. Erskine
14
10/2/1953
vs
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
3
2
0
0
38
1
9Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
13
10/1/2020
vs
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
10Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
13
10/9/2015
@
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
27
0
11Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
13
10/6/1973
@
L
1
2.16
1
0
0
8.1
6
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
32
0
12Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
13
10/12/1964
@
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
10.0
6
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
39
0
13Michael King
M. King
12
10/1/2024
vs
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
14Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
12
9/30/2020
@
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
27
0
15Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
12
10/15/2019
vs
W
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
4
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
22
0
16Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
12
10/14/2019
vs
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
17Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
12
10/11/2017
@
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
18Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
12
10/3/2013
@
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
26
1
19Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
12
10/19/2001
@
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
32
0
20Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
12
10/14/1986
@
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
30
0
21Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
12
10/16/1973
vs
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
22Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
12
10/8/1944
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
36
0
23Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
11
10/12/2019
@
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
24Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
11
10/12/2019
vs
L
1
3.68
0
0
0
7.1
7
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
30
0
25Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/24/2017
vs
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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