Curt Schilling and Bret Saberhagen are tied for the most strikeouts by a pitcher in a postseason game, with 3 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts by a player pitched in a game 7 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 |  | C. Schilling | 3 | 11/4/2001 |  ARI | vs |  NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | B. Saberhagen | 3 | 10/27/1985 |  KCR | vs |  STL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | M. Cain | 2 | 10/22/2012 |  SFG | vs | STL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | R. Clemens | 2 | 10/21/2004 |  HOU | @ | STL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | J. Beckett | 2 | 10/15/2003 |  FLA | @ |  CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | J. Wright | 2 | 10/26/1997 |  CLE | @ | FLA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | T. Glavine | 2 | 10/17/1996 |  ATL | vs | STL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | D. Drabek | 2 | 10/14/1992 |  PIT | @ | ATL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | J. Smoltz | 2 | 10/17/1991 | ATL | @ | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | M. Cuellar | 2 | 10/17/1971 |  BAL | vs | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | M. Lolich | 2 | 10/10/1968 |  DET | @ | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  | S. Koufax | 2 | 10/14/1965 |  LAD | @ |  MIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | R. Terry | 2 | 10/16/1962 | NYY | @ | SFG | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | T. Byrne | 2 | 10/4/1955 | NYY | vs |  BKN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | J. Black | 2 | 10/7/1952 | BKN | vs | NYY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | B. Grimes | 2 | 10/10/1931 | SLN | vs |  PHA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | V. Barnes | 2 | 10/10/1924 |  NYG | @ |  WSH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | | P. Douglas | 2 | 10/12/1921 | NYG | vs | NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | | S. Coveleski | 2 | 10/12/1920 | CLE | vs | BKN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | E. Cicotte | 2 | 10/8/1919 |  CWS | @ |  CIN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | R. Madson | 1 | 10/20/2018 | LAD | @ |  MIL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | C. Kershaw | 1 | 11/1/2017 | LAD | vs |  HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | C. Morton | 1 | 11/1/2017 | HOU | @ | LAD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | | C. Carpenter | 1 | 10/28/2011 | STL | vs |  TEX | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | M. Harrison | 1 | 10/28/2011 | TEX | @ | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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