Steve Carlton struck out his most hitters in a postseason game in Game 2 of the 1980 World Series versus the Royals, with 10 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Carlton | 10 | 10/15/1980 |  PHI | vs |  KCR | W | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 2 | | S. Carlton | 8 | 10/6/1978 | PHI | @ |  LAD | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 3 | | S. Carlton | 7 | 10/14/1983 | PHI | vs |  BAL | L | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 4 | | S. Carlton | 7 | 10/8/1983 | PHI | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 5 | | S. Carlton | 7 | 10/11/1981 | PHI | vs |  MON | L | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 6 | | S. Carlton | 7 | 10/21/1980 | PHI | vs | KCR | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | | S. Carlton | 6 | 10/4/1983 | PHI | @ | LAD | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 8 | | S. Carlton | 6 | 10/7/1981 | PHI | @ | MON | L | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 |
| 9 | | S. Carlton | 6 | 10/9/1976 | PHI | vs |  CIN | L | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 10 |  | S. Carlton | 5 | 10/9/1967 |  STL | vs |  BOS | L | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 11 | | S. Carlton | 3 | 10/11/1980 | PHI | @ |  HOU | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | |
| 12 | | S. Carlton | 3 | 10/7/1980 | PHI | vs | HOU | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 13 | | S. Carlton | 3 | 10/8/1977 | PHI | vs | LAD | L | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 14 | | S. Carlton | 3 | 10/4/1977 | PHI | @ | LAD | 1 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 15 | | S. Carlton | 2 | 10/9/1968 | STL | vs |  DET | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 16 | | S. Carlton | 1 | 10/3/1968 | STL | vs | DET | 0 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
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