13 players are tied for the most strikeouts in a Wild Card playoff game, with 3 strikeouts. The first three are Tyler O'Neill on October 6, 2021, Brett Gardner on October 5, 2021 and on October 6, 2015 and Khris Davis on October 2, 2019.
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most strikeouts by a player in an MLB wild card game| NAME | SO | DATE | SEASON | SERIES | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. O'Neill | 3 | 10/6/2021 | 2021 | NL Wild Card |  STL | @ |  LAD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | B. Gardner | 3 | 10/5/2021 | 2021 | AL Wild Card |  NYY | @ |  BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | K. Davis | 3 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card |  OAK | vs |  TBR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | K. Hiura | 3 | 10/1/2019 | 2019 | NL Wild Card |  MIL | @ |  WSH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | K. Bryant | 3 | 10/2/2018 | 2018 | NL Wild Card |  CHC | vs |  COL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | J. Castro | 3 | 10/3/2017 | 2017 | AL Wild Card |  MIN | @ | NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | R. Grossman | 3 | 10/3/2017 | 2017 | AL Wild Card | MIN | @ | NYY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | A. Pagan | 3 | 10/5/2016 | 2016 | NL Wild Card |  SFG | @ |  NYM | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | P. Alvarez | 3 | 10/7/2015 | 2015 | NL Wild Card |  PIT | vs | CHC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | B. Gardner | 3 | 10/6/2015 | 2015 | AL Wild Card | NYY | vs |  HOU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | M. Bumgarner | 3 | 10/1/2014 | 2014 | NL Wild Card | SFG | @ | PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | C. Crisp | 3 | 9/30/2014 | 2014 | AL Wild Card | OAK | @ |  KCR | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | W. Myers | 3 | 10/2/2013 | 2013 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ |  CLE | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | C. Davis | 3 | 10/5/2012 | 2012 | AL Wild Card |  BAL | @ |  TEX | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  | C. Seager | 2 | 10/6/2021 | 2021 | NL Wild Card | LAD | vs | STL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | K. Higashioka | 2 | 10/5/2021 | 2021 | AL Wild Card | NYY | @ | BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | H. Renfroe | 2 | 10/5/2021 | 2021 | AL Wild Card | BOS | vs | NYY | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  | A. Rizzo | 2 | 10/5/2021 | 2021 | AL Wild Card | NYY | @ | BOS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | B. Dalbec | 2 | 10/5/2021 | 2021 | AL Wild Card | BOS | vs | NYY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  | W. Adames | 2 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ | OAK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | M. Canha | 2 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | OAK | vs | TBR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | A. GarcÃa | 2 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ | OAK | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | A. Meadows | 2 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ | OAK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  | M. Semien | 2 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | OAK | vs | TBR | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  | B. Lowe | 2 | 10/2/2019 | 2019 | AL Wild Card | TBR | @ | OAK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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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