
Howard Ehmke has struck out the most hitters for the Philadelphia Athletics in a postseason game, with 13 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1929 World Series versus the Cubs.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H. Ehmke | 13 | 10/8/1929 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2 | B. Moon Odom | 11 | 10/18/1972 | vs | L | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 3 | C. Bender | 11 | 10/14/1911 | @ | L | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 4 | G. Earnshaw | 10 | 10/11/1929 | vs | L | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 5 | S. Gray | 9 | 10/5/2013 | vs | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | B. Zito | 9 | 10/2/2003 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 7 | M. Mulder | 9 | 10/6/2002 | vs | L | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 8 | J. Coombs | 9 | 10/25/1911 | @ | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | C. Bender | 9 | 10/10/1905 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 10 | D. Straily | 8 | 10/8/2013 | @ | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | B. Zito | 8 | 10/4/2002 | @ | W | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 12 | D. Stewart | 8 | 10/27/1989 | @ | W | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 13 | B. Welch | 8 | 10/18/1988 | vs | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | V. Blue | 8 | 10/3/1971 | @ | L | 1 | 6.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 15 | G. Earnshaw | 8 | 10/6/1931 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 16 | G. Earnshaw | 8 | 10/2/1930 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 17 | E. Plank | 8 | 10/16/1911 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 18 | J. Coombs | 8 | 10/20/1910 | @ | W | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |||
| 19 | C. Bender | 8 | 10/17/1910 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 20 | D. Haren | 7 | 10/14/2006 | @ | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| 21 | K. Appier | 7 | 10/4/2000 | vs | L | 1 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 22 | B. Welch | 7 | 10/11/1992 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | M. Moore | 7 | 10/15/1989 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 24 | K. Holtzman | 7 | 10/16/1974 | vs | W | 1 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| 25 | V. Blue | 7 | 10/8/1974 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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| NL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | 7 | .632 | ||
9 | 10 | .474 | 3.0 | |
8 | 10 | .444 | 3.5 | |
8 | 10 | .444 | 3.5 | |
7 | 12 | .368 | 5.0 | |
| NL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
11 | 7 | .611 | ||
11 | 7 | .611 | ||
10 | 8 | .556 | 1.0 | |
9 | 8 | .529 | 1.5 | |
9 | 9 | .500 | 2.0 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
14 | 4 | .778 | ||
12 | 6 | .667 | 2.0 | |
11 | 8 | .579 | 3.5 | |
6 | 12 | .333 | 8.0 | |
6 | 12 | .333 | 8.0 |
| AL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 7 | .588 | ||
10 | 8 | .556 | 0.5 | |
9 | 9 | .500 | 1.5 | |
7 | 10 | .412 | 3.0 | |
7 | 11 | .389 | 3.5 | |
| AL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
11 | 8 | .579 | ||
10 | 9 | .526 | 1.0 | |
9 | 9 | .500 | 1.5 | |
7 | 11 | .389 | 3.5 | |
6 | 12 | .333 | 4.5 | |
| AL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
10 | 8 | .556 | ||
9 | 9 | .500 | 1.0 | |
9 | 10 | .474 | 1.5 | |
8 | 11 | .421 | 2.5 | |
8 | 11 | .421 | 2.5 |








