most strikeouts in a postseason by starting pitcher

Curt Schilling has struck out the most hitters by a starting pitcher in a postseason, with 56 strikeouts in 2001.

	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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	56	2001	ARI	6	4	0	1.000	6	1.12	3	1	0	48.1	25	6	6	3	6	1	0	0	176	0	10.43	1.12	9.33	0.56	31.8	3.4	0.64	.200	1.12	4.66
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	47	2019	HOU	5	4	1	.800	5	1.72	0	0	0	36.2	21	7	7	4	11	0	0	0	138	0	11.54	2.70	4.27	0.98	34.1	8.0	0.87	.224	1.72	5.15
3	Cliff Lee C. Lee	47	2010	TEX	5	3	2	.600	5	2.78	1	0	0	35.2	27	11	12	2	2	1	0	0	138	0	11.86	0.50	23.50	0.50	34.1	1.4	0.81	.291	3.03	6.81
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	46	2001	ARI	5	4	1	.800	5	1.58	2	2	0	40.0	25	7	7	2	8	0	0	0	152	0	10.35	1.80	5.75	0.45	30.3	5.3	0.83	.240	1.58	5.63
5	Kevin Brown K. Brown	45	1998	SDP	5	2	1	.667	5	1.89	1	1	0	38.0	22	8	8	0	16	3	0	2	150	1	10.66	3.79	2.81	0.00	30.0	10.7	1.00	.256	1.89	5.21
6	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	44	2003	FLA	5	2	2	.500	5	2.09	2	2	0	38.2	20	9	9	2	12	1	0	1	147	1	10.24	2.79	3.67	0.47	29.9	8.2	0.83	.205	2.09	4.66
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	43	2019	WSH	5	4	0	1.000	5	2.16	0	0	0	33.1	28	8	9	4	4	0	0	1	132	1	11.61	1.08	10.75	1.08	32.6	3.0	0.96	.296	2.43	7.56
8	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	42	2010	SFG	5	4	1	.800	5	2.45	1	1	0	36.2	23	10	11	3	9	1	0	0	142	0	10.31	2.21	4.67	0.74	29.6	6.3	0.87	.230	2.70	5.65
9	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	41	2023	TEX	6	5	0	1.000	6	2.95	0	0	0	36.2	31	12	12	3	10	1	0	1	153	0	10.06	2.45	4.10	0.74	26.8	6.5	1.12	.286	2.95	7.61
10	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	41	2014	SFG	6	4	1	.800	6	1.13	2	2	0	47.2	26	6	7	3	6	2	0	0	178	0	7.74	1.13	6.83	0.57	23.0	3.4	0.67	.183	1.32	4.91
11	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	41	1997	BAL	4	2	0	1.000	4	1.24	0	0	0	29.0	11	4	4	3	7	0	0	0	105	0	12.72	2.17	5.86	0.93	39.0	6.7	0.62	.148	1.24	3.41
12	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	40	2020	TBR	6	2	3	.400	6	6.28	0	0	0	28.2	26	20	20	9	17	0	0	0	126	6	12.56	5.34	2.35	2.83	31.7	13.5	1.50	.283	6.28	8.16
13	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	39	2025	TOR	5	3	1	.750	5	3.46	0	0	0	26.0	17	10	10	3	10	2	0	1	103	1	13.50	3.46	3.90	1.04	37.9	9.7	1.04	.286	3.46	5.88
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	39	2025	LAD	5	3	2	.600	5	3.31	0	0	0	32.2	20	12	12	3	12	1	0	0	124	2	10.74	3.31	3.25	0.83	31.5	9.7	0.98	.246	3.31	5.51
15	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	39	2020	LAD	5	2	0	1.000	5	1.80	0	0	0	25.0	18	5	5	2	12	0	0	0	104	1	14.04	4.32	3.25	0.72	37.5	11.5	1.20	.314	1.80	6.48
16	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	38	2019	HOU	6	1	4	.200	6	4.33	0	0	0	35.1	30	17	17	8	14	0	0	0	146	0	9.68	3.57	2.71	2.04	26.0	9.6	1.25	.256	4.33	7.64
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	38	2017	HOU	5	3	1	.750	5	2.12	1	0	0	34.0	21	8	8	2	6	2	0	0	126	0	10.06	1.59	6.33	0.53	30.2	4.8	0.79	.244	2.12	5.56
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	37	2020	LAD	5	4	1	.800	5	2.93	0	0	0	30.2	23	10	10	4	5	0	0	0	114	0	10.86	1.47	7.40	1.17	32.5	4.4	0.91	.279	2.93	6.75
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	37	2020	TBR	6	2	2	.500	6	3.03	0	0	0	29.2	20	10	10	5	14	0	0	0	118	2	11.22	4.25	2.64	1.52	31.4	11.9	1.15	.242	3.03	6.07
20	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	36	2025	DET	3	1	0	1.000	3	1.74	0	0	0	20.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	75	0	15.68	1.74	9.00	0.87	48.0	5.3	0.68	.242	1.74	4.35
21	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	35	2016	CLE	6	4	1	.800	6	1.83	0	0	0	34.1	28	7	7	3	8	3	0	0	138	0	9.17	2.10	4.38	0.79	25.4	5.8	1.05	.281	1.83	7.34
22	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	35	2007	BOS	4	4	0	1.000	4	1.20	1	1	0	30.0	19	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	110	2	10.50	0.60	17.50	0.30	31.8	1.8	0.70	.254	1.20	5.70
23	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	35	1995	CLE	5	4	1	.800	5	1.53	0	0	0	35.1	20	6	8	3	9	1	0	2	137	2	8.92	2.29	3.89	0.76	25.5	6.6	0.82	.191	2.04	5.09
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	35	1973	NYM	4	1	2	.333	4	1.99	1	0	0	31.2	26	7	8	2	8	1	0	2	131	2	9.95	2.27	4.38	0.57	26.7	6.1	1.07	.282	2.27	7.39
25	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	35	1968	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	1.67	3	1	0	27.0	18	5	5	1	4	0	0	1	101	0	11.67	1.33	8.75	0.33	34.7	4.0	0.81	.279	1.67	6.00

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