Tarik Skubal, Gerrit Cole and Tom Seaver are tied for striking out the most batters with at most 0 walks allowed in a postseason game, with 13 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts by a player thrown in a playoff game with a maximum of 0 walks allowed| NAME | SO | BB | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | T. Skubal | 13 | 0 | 10/10/2025 |  DET | @ |  SEA | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | G. Cole | 13 | 0 | 9/29/2020 |  NYY | @ |  CLE | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 3 |  | T. Seaver | 13 | 0 | 10/6/1973 |  NYM | @ |  CIN | L | 1 | 2.16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 4 |  | T. Yesavage | 12 | 0 | 10/29/2025 |  TOR | @ |  LAD | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 5 |  | C. Schlittler | 12 | 0 | 10/2/2025 | NYY | vs |  BOS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 6 |  | M. King | 12 | 0 | 10/1/2024 |  SDP | vs |  ATL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 |  | T. Bauer | 12 | 0 | 9/30/2020 | CIN | @ | ATL | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | S. Strasburg | 12 | 0 | 10/14/2019 |  WSH | vs |  STL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 9 |  | G. Cole | 12 | 0 | 10/6/2018 |  HOU | vs | CLE | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 10 |  | G. Crochet | 11 | 0 | 9/30/2025 | BOS | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 11 | | L. McCullers Jr. | 11 | 0 | 10/12/2020 | HOU | @ |  TBR | L | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 12 |  | C. Kershaw | 11 | 0 | 10/24/2017 | LAD | vs | HOU | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 13 |  | J. Arrieta | 11 | 0 | 10/7/2015 |  CHC | @ |  PIT | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 14 | | H. Kuroda | 11 | 0 | 10/14/2012 | NYY | vs | DET | L | 1 | 3.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 15 | | C. Lee | 11 | 0 | 10/12/2010 |  TEX | @ | TBR | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 16 | | S. Hitchcock | 11 | 0 | 10/4/1998 |  SDP | vs |  HOU | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 17 | | D. Newcombe | 11 | 0 | 10/5/1949 |  BKN | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 18 |  | B. Snell | 10 | 0 | 10/13/2025 | LAD | @ |  MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 19 |  | L. Webb | 10 | 0 | 10/8/2021 |  SFG | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 20 | | S. Strasburg | 10 | 0 | 10/4/2019 | WSH | @ | LAD | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 |  | J. Cueto | 10 | 0 | 10/7/2016 | SFG | @ | CHC | L | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 22 | | C. Kershaw | 10 | 0 | 10/3/2014 | LAD | vs | STL | L | 1 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 23 | | C. Lee | 10 | 0 | 10/6/2010 | TEX | @ | TBR | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 24 | | C. Lee | 10 | 0 | 10/28/2009 |  PHI | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 25 | | C. Lee | 10 | 0 | 10/18/2009 | PHI | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts and walks allowed going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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