most strikeouts in a single game one pitcher

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career hitters in the postseason, with 83 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in a single game one pitcher

	NAME	SO	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	83	14	7	4	.636	14	4.44	0	0	0	73.0	60	36	37	9	31	2	0	0	304	3	10.23	3.82	2.68	1.11	27.3	10.2	1.25	.285	4.56	7.40
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	80	12	5	6	.455	12	6.28	0	0	0	61.2	60	43	44	13	24	0	0	1	266	4	11.68	3.50	3.33	1.90	30.1	9.0	1.36	.315	6.42	8.76
3	Jon Lester J. Lester	74	12	4	5	.444	12	2.64	0	0	0	81.2	64	24	25	8	19	3	0	0	326	2	8.16	2.09	3.89	0.88	22.7	5.8	1.02	.252	2.76	7.05
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	50	8	3	3	.500	8	4.47	0	0	0	44.1	45	22	23	11	9	1	0	1	187	1	10.15	1.83	5.56	2.23	26.7	4.8	1.22	.293	4.67	9.14
5	CC Sabathia	48	9	5	2	.714	9	4.53	0	0	0	51.2	47	26	28	7	23	3	0	2	222	2	8.36	4.01	2.09	1.22	21.6	10.4	1.35	.284	4.88	8.19
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	44	13	3	6	.333	11	3.12	2	0	0	75.0	72	26	38	6	23	2	1	8	312	0	5.28	2.76	1.91	0.72	14.1	7.4	1.27	.278	4.56	8.64
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	43	7	2	3	.400	7	5.49	0	0	0	39.1	34	24	24	11	12	3	0	0	165	4	9.84	2.75	3.58	2.52	26.1	7.3	1.17	.240	5.49	7.78
8	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	42	7	3	4	.429	7	3.86	0	0	0	42.0	42	18	20	8	7	1	0	2	174	0	9.00	1.50	6.00	1.71	24.1	4.0	1.17	.293	4.29	9.00
9	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	38	5	3	1	.750	5	2.55	1	1	0	35.1	24	10	10	3	7	1	0	1	136	3	9.68	1.78	5.43	0.76	27.9	5.1	0.88	.241	2.55	6.11
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	38	5	1	4	.200	5	4.71	1	1	0	36.1	37	19	20	6	11	0	0	1	153	0	9.41	2.72	3.45	1.49	24.8	7.2	1.32	.316	4.95	9.17
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	37	5	3	0	1.000	5	0.82	0	0	0	33.0	12	3	3	1	6	2	0	0	116	0	10.09	1.64	6.17	0.27	31.9	5.2	0.55	.157	0.82	3.27
12	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	37	7	1	2	.333	6	3.78	0	0	0	33.1	36	14	17	3	10	1	1	0	149	2	9.99	2.70	3.70	0.81	24.8	6.7	1.38	.337	4.59	9.72
13	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	37	6	5	1	.833	6	2.39	5	0	0	52.2	43	14	20	1	20	0	0	2	214	0	6.32	3.42	1.85	0.17	17.3	9.3	1.20	.269	3.42	7.35
14	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	36	5	1	1	.500	5	2.49	0	0	0	25.1	15	7	7	4	15	0	0	0	104	1	12.79	5.33	2.40	1.42	34.6	14.4	1.18	.224	2.49	5.33
15	Whitey Ford W. Ford	36	8	4	3	.571	8	3.90	3	1	0	55.1	54	24	26	6	17	0	0	1	235	1	5.86	2.77	2.12	0.98	15.3	7.2	1.28	.273	4.23	8.78
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	35	7	4	2	.667	6	3.89	0	0	0	39.1	32	17	18	4	14	0	0	0	163	1	8.01	3.20	2.50	0.92	21.5	8.6	1.17	.255	4.12	7.32
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	35	6	3	2	.600	6	3.83	1	1	0	40.0	36	17	19	4	10	1	0	0	168	1	7.88	2.25	3.50	0.90	20.8	6.0	1.15	.271	4.27	8.10
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	35	7	5	0	1.000	6	1.70	0	0	1	47.2	26	9	9	3	17	0	1	0	183	3	6.61	3.21	2.06	0.57	19.1	9.3	0.90	.180	1.70	4.91
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	33	8	1	3	.250	8	5.00	0	0	0	45.0	48	25	27	4	24	1	0	1	206	4	6.60	4.80	1.38	0.80	16.0	11.7	1.60	.306	5.40	9.60
20	Cliff Lee C. Lee	32	4	3	1	.750	4	2.43	2	0	0	29.2	25	8	10	1	1	1	0	0	115	1	9.71	0.30	32.00	0.30	27.8	0.9	0.88	.300	3.03	7.58
21	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	32	9	3	2	.600	7	2.73	1	1	0	52.2	37	16	17	7	18	2	2	0	208	1	5.47	3.08	1.78	1.20	15.4	8.7	1.04	.201	2.91	6.32
22	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	31	5	3	0	1.000	3	2.42	1	1	0	26.0	16	7	7	2	7	0	0	0	99	0	10.73	2.42	4.43	0.69	31.3	7.1	0.88	.237	2.42	5.54
23	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	31	5	1	3	.250	4	2.59	0	0	0	31.1	32	9	10	1	9	2	1	3	129	0	8.90	2.59	3.44	0.29	24.0	7.0	1.31	.360	2.87	9.19
24	Derek Lowe D. Lowe	31	8	1	4	.200	4	4.06	0	0	0	31.0	30	14	17	7	12	1	1	3	137	0	9.00	3.48	2.58	2.03	22.6	8.8	1.35	.267	4.94	8.71
25	Jack Morris J. Morris	31	6	4	2	.667	6	3.32	2	0	0	43.1	36	16	16	4	17	0	0	0	176	2	6.44	3.53	1.82	0.83	17.6	9.7	1.22	.258	3.32	7.48