most strikeouts in the playoffs by a pitcher in 2021

Max Fried struck out the most hitters in the 2021 postseason, with 29 strikeouts.

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1Max Fried
M. Fried
29
2021
5
2
2
.500
5
4.23
0
0
0
27.2
30
13
13
3
3
1
0
0
114
2
9.43
0.98
9.67
0.98
25.4
2.6
1.19
.346
4.23
9.76
2Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
25
2021
5
2
2
.500
4
4.79
0
0
0
20.2
19
11
11
2
5
0
0
2
87
0
10.89
2.18
5.00
0.87
28.7
5.7
1.16
.309
4.79
8.27
3Tyler Matzek
T. Matzek
24
2021
13
3
0
1.000
0
1.72
0
0
0
15.2
10
3
3
0
4
0
1
1
60
0
13.79
2.30
6.00
0.00
40.0
6.7
0.89
.313
1.72
5.74
4Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
23
2021
4
0
1
.000
3
2.16
0
0
1
16.2
10
4
4
2
5
1
1
0
68
1
12.42
2.70
4.60
1.08
33.8
7.4
0.90
.216
2.16
5.40
5Charlie Morton
C. Morton
22
2021
4
0
1
.000
4
3.24
0
0
0
16.2
11
6
6
2
10
2
0
0
72
2
11.88
5.40
2.20
1.08
30.6
13.9
1.26
.250
3.24
5.94
6Luis Garcia
L. Garcia
21
2021
5
1
3
.250
5
8.04
0
0
0
15.2
13
14
14
3
12
0
0
1
73
0
12.06
6.89
1.75
1.72
28.8
16.4
1.60
.270
8.04
7.47
7Cristian Javier
C. Javier
19
2021
6
0
1
.000
0
3.38
0
0
0
10.2
7
4
4
3
6
1
0
0
46
1
16.03
5.06
3.17
2.53
41.3
13.0
1.22
.235
3.38
5.91
8Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
18
2021
4
0
2
.000
4
4.91
0
0
0
18.1
22
10
12
3
9
0
0
0
83
0
8.84
4.42
2.00
1.47
21.7
10.8
1.69
.358
5.89
10.80
9A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
18
2021
8
1
1
.500
0
3.00
0
0
0
12.0
8
4
4
0
4
1
0
2
49
0
13.50
3.00
4.50
0.00
36.7
8.2
1.00
.308
3.00
6.00
10Logan Webb
L. Webb
17
2021
2
1
0
1.000
2
0.61
0
0
0
14.2
9
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
53
0
10.43
0.61
17.00
0.00
32.1
1.9
0.68
.257
0.61
5.52
11Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
16
2021
5
1
1
.500
5
7.78
0
0
0
19.2
28
17
18
6
8
2
0
0
92
0
7.32
3.66
2.00
2.75
17.4
8.7
1.83
.367
8.24
12.81
12Ian Anderson
I. Anderson
16
2021
4
2
0
1.000
4
1.59
0
0
0
17.0
9
3
3
1
7
2
0
0
68
0
8.47
3.71
2.29
0.53
23.5
10.3
0.94
.190
1.59
4.76
13Julio Urías
J. Urías
15
2021
4
1
1
.500
2
5.40
0
0
0
15.0
17
9
9
4
3
0
0
1
65
1
9.00
1.80
5.00
2.40
23.1
4.6
1.33
.302
5.40
10.20
14Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
14
2021
8
2
0
1.000
0
0.00
0
0
1
7.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
6
1
25
0
18.00
1.29
14.00
0.00
56.0
4.0
0.57
.300
0.00
3.86
15Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
14
2021
3
1
0
1.000
1
2.63
0
0
0
13.2
9
4
4
3
5
0
1
0
53
1
9.22
3.29
2.80
1.98
26.4
9.4
1.02
.194
2.63
5.93
16Ryan Pressly
R. Pressly
14
2021
9
0
0
0
0.93
0
0
1
9.2
6
1
1
1
2
1
6
0
38
1
13.03
1.86
7.00
0.93
36.8
5.3
0.83
.250
0.93
5.59
17Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
14
2021
3
1
1
.500
3
4.97
0
0
0
12.2
10
7
7
1
2
0
0
0
50
0
9.95
1.42
7.00
0.71
28.0
4.0
0.95
.273
4.97
7.11
18Phil Maton
P. Maton
14
2021
12
0
0
0
0.73
0
0
0
12.1
9
1
1
1
3
0
0
1
49
0
10.22
2.19
4.67
0.73
28.6
6.1
0.97
.258
0.73
6.57
19Kendall Graveman
K. Graveman
11
2021
9
1
0
1.000
0
1.64
0
0
0
11.0
7
2
2
1
4
1
4
0
44
0
9.00
3.27
2.75
0.82
25.0
9.1
1.00
.222
1.64
5.73
20Corey Knebel
C. Knebel
11
2021
7
0
0
2
3.18
0
0
0
5.2
5
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
23
1
17.47
1.59
11.00
0.00
47.8
4.3
1.06
.455
3.18
7.94
21Chris Sale
C. Sale
11
2021
3
0
1
.000
3
8.00
0
0
0
9.0
12
8
10
2
4
1
0
0
45
1
11.00
4.00
2.75
2.00
24.4
8.9
1.78
.370
10.00
12.00
22Ryne Stanek
R. Stanek
11
2021
13
2
0
1.000
0
2.45
0
0
0
11.0
5
3
3
2
2
0
3
0
38
0
9.00
1.64
5.50
1.64
28.9
5.3
0.64
.130
2.45
4.09
23Tanner Houck
T. Houck
10
2021
5
1
0
1.000
0
5.23
0
0
0
10.1
7
6
6
3
0
1
0
0
38
0
8.71
0.00
2.61
26.3
0.0
0.68
.167
5.23
6.10
24Jake Odorizzi
J. Odorizzi
10
2021
2
0
0
0
5.68
0
0
0
6.1
8
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
28
0
14.21
0.00
2.84
35.7
0.0
1.26
.375
5.68
11.37
25Luke Jackson
L. Jackson
9
2021
11
0
1
.000
0
5.19
0
0
0
8.2
11
5
5
1
4
1
0
1
40
0
9.35
4.15
2.25
1.04
22.5
10.0
1.73
.400
5.19
11.42

More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

29

Olson

Matt Olson

RBI

95

Olson

Matt Olson

AVG

.290

Acuña

Ronald Acuña Jr.
Team Pitching Leaders

W

8

Elder

Bryce Elder

K

165

Sale

Chris Sale

ERA

2.58

Sale

Chris Sale
Team Rankings

HR

190

14th

R

724

13th

SO

1,416

9th

ERA

4.36

22nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
Braves Braves
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/27
@
7:15 PM
Sat
3/28
@
7:15 PM
Sun
3/29
@
1:35 PM
Mon
3/30
@
7:15 PM
Tue
3/31
@
7:15 PM
Last Game
PIT Pirates

71 - 91

1

Final

4

ATL Braves

76 - 86

Sun 28 Sep 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM
Thu
3/26
@
3:05 PM