record for most strikeouts by a pitcher in playoff history

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
244
38
17
12
.586
37
3.58
2
1
0
226.0
179
90
93
32
74
5
0
0
920
8
9.72
2.95
3.30
1.27
26.5
8.0
1.12
.260
3.70
7.13
2Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
213
41
13
13
.500
32
4.62
0
0
1
196.2
171
101
107
32
54
4
2
6
803
11
9.75
2.47
3.94
1.46
26.5
6.7
1.14
.278
4.90
7.83
3John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
199
41
15
4
.789
27
2.67
2
1
4
209.0
172
62
67
17
67
3
11
6
856
6
8.57
2.89
2.97
0.73
23.2
7.8
1.14
.272
2.89
7.41
4Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
183
44
19
11
.633
44
3.81
0
0
0
276.2
285
117
121
31
76
3
0
4
1,157
4
5.95
2.47
2.41
1.01
15.8
6.6
1.30
.294
3.94
9.27
5Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
182
33
8
8
.500
28
3.78
0
0
1
157.1
121
66
69
23
62
9
1
4
652
8
10.41
3.55
2.94
1.32
27.9
9.5
1.16
.261
3.95
6.92
6Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
173
35
12
8
.600
34
3.75
1
1
0
199.0
173
83
87
17
70
6
1
1
837
10
7.82
3.17
2.47
0.77
20.7
8.4
1.22
.273
3.93
7.82
7Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
156
22
11
6
.647
22
2.77
0
0
0
133.1
100
41
50
19
36
3
0
1
537
1
10.53
2.43
4.33
1.28
29.1
6.7
1.02
.251
3.38
6.75
8Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
145
23
7
8
.467
21
3.42
0
0
0
139.2
121
53
56
19
33
3
0
7
571
2
9.34
2.13
4.39
1.22
25.4
5.8
1.10
.275
3.61
7.80
9Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
143
35
14
16
.467
35
3.30
3
0
0
218.1
191
80
91
21
87
7
0
11
912
3
5.89
3.59
1.64
0.87
15.7
9.5
1.27
.260
3.75
7.87
10Jon Lester
J. Lester
133
26
9
7
.563
22
2.51
0
0
0
154.0
117
43
46
15
40
3
2
0
610
4
7.77
2.34
3.33
0.88
21.8
6.6
1.02
.243
2.69
6.84
11Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
132
19
7
9
.438
16
3.50
3
2
0
121.0
106
47
51
15
32
0
2
2
493
0
9.82
2.38
4.13
1.12
26.8
6.5
1.14
.290
3.79
7.88
12Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
125
35
11
14
.440
30
3.27
2
0
1
198.0
195
72
97
14
51
9
2
16
836
4
5.68
2.32
2.45
0.64
15.0
6.1
1.24
.284
4.41
8.86
13Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
123
29
4
5
.444
16
2.83
1
0
4
114.1
105
36
39
11
22
2
9
1
464
4
9.68
1.73
5.59
0.87
26.5
4.7
1.11
.307
3.07
8.27
14CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
121
26
10
7
.588
23
4.28
1
0
0
130.1
137
62
67
15
63
8
0
9
586
5
8.36
4.35
1.92
1.04
20.6
10.8
1.53
.322
4.63
9.46
15Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
120
19
11
2
.846
19
2.23
4
2
0
133.1
104
33
37
12
25
3
0
0
525
1
8.10
1.69
4.80
0.81
22.9
4.8
0.97
.252
2.50
7.02
16Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
114
19
4
4
.500
18
3.04
0
0
1
94.2
73
32
34
9
36
2
1
2
388
3
10.84
3.42
3.17
0.86
29.4
9.3
1.15
.282
3.23
6.94
17John Lackey
J. Lackey
114
29
8
6
.571
23
3.44
0
0
0
144.0
135
55
58
7
47
4
2
6
601
10
7.13
2.94
2.43
0.44
19.0
7.8
1.26
.298
3.63
8.44
18Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
110
96
8
1
.889
0
0.70
0
0
42
141.0
86
11
13
2
21
3
78
4
527
3
7.02
1.34
5.24
0.13
20.9
4.0
0.76
.215
0.83
5.49
19Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
107
19
9
3
.750
14
2.55
0
0
0
106.0
77
30
32
10
55
4
0
3
443
1
9.08
4.67
1.95
0.85
24.2
12.4
1.25
.251
2.72
6.54
20Blake Snell
B. Snell
102
18
7
5
.583
15
3.27
0
0
1
82.2
59
30
30
10
36
1
1
0
331
5
11.10
3.92
2.83
1.09
30.8
10.9
1.15
.269
3.27
6.42
21Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
100
22
4
6
.400
21
4.14
0
0
0
113.0
103
52
55
19
33
3
0
0
469
2
7.96
2.63
3.03
1.51
21.3
7.0
1.20
.268
4.38
8.20
22Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
99
14
7
3
.700
13
3.07
3
3
0
93.2
67
32
32
11
21
4
0
1
366
3
9.51
2.02
4.71
1.06
27.0
5.7
0.94
.242
3.07
6.44
23Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
97
22
8
3
.727
18
2.59
4
2
1
132.0
103
38
43
8
43
6
2
5
533
6
6.61
2.93
2.26
0.55
18.2
8.1
1.11
.251
2.93
7.02
24Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
96
16
6
4
.600
14
3.46
0
0
0
96.1
74
37
37
10
30
8
1
0
391
1
8.97
2.80
3.20
0.93
24.6
7.7
1.08
.259
3.46
6.91
25Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
95
17
7
6
.538
16
4.34
0
0
0
85.0
82
41
45
14
34
4
1
0
360
0
10.06
3.60
2.79
1.48
26.4
9.4
1.36
.319
4.76
8.68
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8/23
DET DET
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