walter johnson and jim palmer most strikeouts in a playoff game

Jim Palmer and Walter Johnson were tied for fanning their most batters in a postseason game, 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 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
12
10/6/1973
BAL BAL
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
36
0
2 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
12
10/5/1970
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
36
0
3 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
12
10/4/1924
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
L
1
3.00
1
0
0
12.0
14
4
4
2
6
0
0
1
51
1
4 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
10
10/11/1971
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
7
3
3
1
8
0
0
0
40
0
5 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
10
10/7/1925
WSH WSH
@
PIT PIT
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
33
0
6 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
8
10/5/1971
BAL BAL
@
OAK OAK
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
36
1
7 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
7
10/14/1970
BAL BAL
vs
CIN CIN
1
6.43
0
0
0
7.0
6
5
5
1
4
0
0
0
31
0
8 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
6
10/6/1966
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
34
1
9 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
5
10/16/1979
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
8.0
10
4
4
0
3
1
0
0
38
0
10 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
5
10/16/1971
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
1
2.00
0
0
0
9.0
8
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
35
0
11 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
5
10/14/1969
BAL BAL
@
NYM NYM
L
1
6.00
0
0
0
6.0
5
4
4
1
4
0
0
0
27
0
12 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
5
10/10/1924
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
4.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
17
0
13 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
4
10/8/1974
BAL BAL
vs
OAK OAK
L
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
32
0
14 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
4
10/6/1969
BAL BAL
@
MIN MIN
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
2
2
0
2
0
0
1
38
1
15 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
3
10/11/1979
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
8
2
2
0
2
0
0
1
28
1
16 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
3
10/3/1979
BAL BAL
vs
CAL CAL
1
3.00
0
0
0
9.0
7
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
35
0
17 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
3
10/15/1925
WSH WSH
@
PIT PIT
L
1
5.63
1
0
0
8.0
15
5
9
0
1
0
0
0
40
0
18 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
3
10/8/1924
WSH WSH
@
NYG NYG
L
1
4.50
1
0
0
8.0
13
4
6
1
2
1
0
0
38
0
19 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
2
10/10/1973
BAL BAL
@
OAK OAK
1
20.25
0
0
0
1.1
4
3
3
0
2
0
0
0
10
0
20 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
2
10/10/1970
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
W
1
3.12
0
0
0
8.2
5
3
3
1
5
0
0
0
37
1
21 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
2
10/11/1925
WSH WSH
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
33
0
22 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
1
10/14/1983
BAL BAL
@
PHI PHI
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
9
1
23 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
1
10/11/1973
BAL BAL
@
OAK OAK
0
0.00
0
0
0
4.1
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
16
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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