which athletics pitcher has the most strikeouts in a playoff game

Howard Ehmke has fanned the most batters for the Philadelphia Athletics in a postseason game, with 13 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1929 World Series against 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 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
13
10/8/1929
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
2 Blue Moon Odom
B. Moon Odom
11
10/18/1972
OAK OAK
vs
CIN CIN
L
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
3 Chief Bender
C. Bender
11
10/14/1911
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
5
1
2
0
4
1
0
0
34
0
4 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
10
10/11/1929
PHA PHA
vs
CHC CHC
L
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
3
0
2
0
0
0
36
0
5 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
9
10/5/2013
OAK OAK
vs
DET DET
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
6 Barry Zito
B. Zito
9
10/2/2003
OAK OAK
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
7 Mark Mulder
M. Mulder
9
10/6/2002
OAK OAK
vs
MIN MIN
L
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
9
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
30
1
8 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
9
10/25/1911
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
1
2.00
0
0
0
9.0
8
2
3
0
2
1
0
0
37
0
9 Chief Bender
C. Bender
9
10/10/1905
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
34
0
10 Dan Straily
D. Straily
8
10/8/2013
OAK OAK
@
DET DET
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
3
3
1
0
1
0
0
22
0
11 Barry Zito
B. Zito
8
10/4/2002
OAK OAK
@
MIN MIN
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
3
3
0
4
0
0
0
27
1
12 Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
8
10/27/1989
OAK OAK
@
SFG SFG
W
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
5
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
13 Bob Welch
B. Welch
8
10/18/1988
OAK OAK
vs
LAD LAD
1
1.80
0
0
0
5.0
6
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
24
0
14 Vida Blue
V. Blue
8
10/3/1971
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
L
1
6.43
0
0
0
7.0
7
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
15 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
8
10/6/1931
PHA PHA
vs
SLN SLN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
16 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
8
10/2/1930
PHA PHA
vs
SLN SLN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
34
0
17 Eddie Plank
E. Plank
8
10/16/1911
PHA PHA
vs
NYG NYG
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
31
0
18 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
8
10/20/1910
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
5
5
0
4
0
0
0
36
1
19 Chief Bender
C. Bender
8
10/17/1910
PHA PHA
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
20 Dan Haren
D. Haren
7
10/14/2006
OAK OAK
@
DET DET
1
5.40
0
0
0
5.0
7
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
23
2
21 Kevin Appier
K. Appier
7
10/4/2000
OAK OAK
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
4.26
0
0
0
6.1
6
3
3
0
5
0
0
1
29
0
22 Bob Welch
B. Welch
7
10/11/1992
OAK OAK
vs
TOR TOR
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
7
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
29
0
23 Mike Moore
M. Moore
7
10/15/1989
OAK OAK
vs
SFG SFG
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
27
2
24 Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
7
10/16/1974
OAK OAK
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
2.35
0
0
0
7.2
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
31
1
25 Vida Blue
V. Blue
7
10/8/1974
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
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.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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