pitchers with most balls in postseason career

Andy Pettitte has the most career balls in the postseason, with 1,354 balls.

NAMEBALLGSOHHRBBHBPIBBK/BB
1Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
1,354
44
183
285
31
76
3
4
2.41
2Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
1,217
35
143
191
21
87
7
11
1.64
3Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1,207
38
244
179
32
74
5
0
3.30
4Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
1,064
35
173
173
17
70
6
1
2.47
5Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1,008
41
213
171
32
54
4
6
3.94
6John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
959
41
199
172
17
67
3
6
2.97
7Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
865
33
182
121
23
62
9
4
2.94
8Jon Lester
J. Lester
817
26
133
117
15
40
3
0
3.33
9CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
813
26
121
137
15
63
8
9
1.92
10John Lackey
J. Lackey
771
29
114
135
7
47
4
6
2.43
11Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
684
35
125
195
14
51
9
16
2.45
12Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
673
22
73
99
13
48
4
1
1.52
13Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
662
22
156
100
19
36
3
1
4.33
14Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
659
23
145
121
19
33
3
7
4.39
15David Cone
D. Cone
640
21
94
93
12
58
2
1
1.62
16Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
635
22
100
103
19
33
3
0
3.03
17Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
608
19
120
104
12
25
3
0
4.80
18Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
594
29
123
105
11
22
2
1
5.59
19Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
591
18
68
104
11
36
6
2
1.89
20David Wells
D. Wells
557
26
83
116
12
25
7
2
3.32
21Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
547
19
114
73
9
36
2
2
3.17
22Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
546
96
110
86
2
21
3
4
5.24
23Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
535
19
132
106
15
32
0
2
4.13
24Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
532
19
107
77
10
55
4
3
1.95
25Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
530
22
97
103
8
43
6
5
2.26
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35
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25
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9.5
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26
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28
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12.5
22
29
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NL CentralWLPCTGB
29
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.617
28
21
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29
22
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26
24
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24
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31
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29
20
.592
1.5
26
23
.531
4.5
20
30
.400
11.0
19
32
.373
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AL EastWLPCTGB
33
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.688
30
21
.588
4.5
23
27
.460
11.0
22
27
.449
11.5
21
29
.420
13.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
30
22
.577
25
24
.510
3.5
23
27
.460
6.0
20
30
.400
9.0
20
31
.392
9.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
26
24
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1.5
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27
.471
2.5
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