5 players are tied for the most strikeouts in a postseason game, with 5 strikeouts. The first three are Jose Siri, Andrés Giménez and Harrison Bader.
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most strikeouts by a player in a single playoff game in MLB history| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | J. Siri | 5 | 10/8/2022 |  TBR | @ |  CLE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  | A. Giménez | 5 | 10/8/2022 | CLE | vs | TBR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | H. Bader | 5 | 9/30/2020 |  STL | @ |  SDP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | R. Sanders | 5 | 10/6/1995 |  CIN | vs |  LAD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | G. Pipgras | 5 | 10/1/1932 |  NYY | @ |  CHC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | M. Vierling | 4 | 10/12/2024 |  DET | @ | CLE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | C. Taylor | 4 | 10/9/2024 | LAD | @ | SDP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | E. Carter | 4 | 11/1/2023 |  TEX | @ |  ARI | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | K. Marte | 4 | 10/24/2023 | ARI | @ |  PHI | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  | A. García | 4 | 10/22/2023 | TEX | @ |  HOU | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | Y. Diaz | 4 | 10/10/2023 | HOU | @ |  MIN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | R. Grossman | 4 | 10/7/2023 | TEX | @ |  BAL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | A. García | 4 | 10/7/2023 | TEX | @ | BAL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  | R. Hoskins | 4 | 11/3/2022 | PHI | vs | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  | M. Carpenter | 4 | 10/19/2022 | NYY | @ | HOU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | J. Kelenic | 4 | 10/15/2022 |  SEA | vs | HOU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  | A. Judge | 4 | 10/14/2022 | NYY | vs | CLE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  | D. Swanson | 4 | 10/11/2022 |  ATL | vs | PHI | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  | F. Freeman | 4 | 10/16/2021 | ATL | vs | LAD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | M. Zunino | 4 | 10/10/2021 | TBR | @ |  BOS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  | T. d'Arnaud | 4 | 10/9/2021 | ATL | @ |  MIL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | H. Renfroe | 4 | 10/11/2020 | TBR | vs | HOU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | K. Davis | 4 | 10/8/2020 |  OAK | @ | HOU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  | R. Acuña Jr. | 4 | 10/7/2020 | ATL | vs |  MIA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | A. Duvall | 4 | 9/30/2020 | ATL | vs | CIN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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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