Nolan Ryan fanned his most batters in a postseason game in Game 5 of the 1986 NLCS versus the Mets, with 12 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | N. Ryan | 12 | 10/14/1986 |  HOU | @ |  NYM | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2 | | N. Ryan | 8 | 10/12/1980 | HOU | vs |  PHI | 1 | 7.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | N. Ryan | 8 | 10/3/1979 |  CAL | @ |  BAL | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 4 | | N. Ryan | 7 | 10/11/1981 | HOU | @ |  LAD | L | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 5 | | N. Ryan | 7 | 10/6/1981 | HOU | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 6 |  | N. Ryan | 7 | 10/6/1969 | NYM | vs |  ATL | W | 0 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | | N. Ryan | 6 | 10/8/1980 | HOU | @ | PHI | 1 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 8 | | N. Ryan | 5 | 10/9/1986 | HOU | vs | NYM | L | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 9 | | N. Ryan | 3 | 10/14/1969 | NYM | vs |  BAL | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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