most strikeouts thrown in a playoff game with a maximum of 1 hit allowed

Roger Clemens has fanned the most batters with 1 or fewer hit allowed in a postseason game, with 15 strikeouts in Game 4 of the 2000 ALCS versus the Mariners.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a player thrown in a playoff game with a maximum of 1 hit allowed
NAMESOHDATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
15
1
10/14/2000
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
2Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
12
0
10/12/2013
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
25
2
3Trey Yesavage
T. Yesavage
11
0
10/5/2025
TOR TOR
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
18
0
4Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
11
1
10/12/2019
WSH WSH
@
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
5Moe Drabowsky
M. Drabowsky
11
1
10/5/1966
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
23
0
6Blake Snell
B. Snell
10
1
10/13/2025
LAD LAD
@
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
0
7Homer Bailey
H. Bailey
10
1
10/9/2012
CIN CIN
vs
SFG SFG
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
24
0
8Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
10
1
10/23/1999
NYY NYY
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
23
0
9Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
10
1
10/15/1997
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
10Blake Snell
B. Snell
9
1
10/6/2025
LAD LAD
@
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
22
0
11Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
9
1
10/5/2024
PHI PHI
vs
NYM NYM
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
26
0
12Cristian Javier
C. Javier
9
1
10/10/2023
HOU HOU
@
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
22
0
13Cristian Javier
C. Javier
9
0
11/2/2022
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
20
0
14Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
9
1
10/9/2020
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
1
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
21
0
15Blake Snell
B. Snell
9
1
9/29/2020
TBR TBR
vs
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
19
0
16Michael Wacha
M. Wacha
9
1
10/7/2013
STL STL
@
PIT PIT
W
1
1.23
0
0
0
7.1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
25
0
17Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
8
1
10/18/2022
PHI PHI
@
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
23
0
18Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
8
1
10/4/2019
HOU HOU
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
23
0
19Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
8
1
10/3/2019
LAD LAD
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
21
0
20Roy Halladay
R. Halladay
8
0
10/6/2010
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
21Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
8
0
10/11/1999
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
21
0
22Kevin Millwood
K. Millwood
8
1
10/6/1999
ATL ATL
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
23Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
8
1
10/28/1995
ATL ATL
vs
CLE CLE
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
27
0
24Luis Garcia
L. Garcia
7
1
10/22/2021
HOU HOU
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
20
0
25A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
7
1
10/16/2020
ATL ATL
vs
LAD LAD
1
0.00
0
0
0
3.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for hits allowed and strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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