which nl pitcher has the most strikeouts in a postseason

Curt Schilling has struck out the most hitters in the NL in a postseason, with 56 strikeouts in 2001.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	56	2001	ARI	6	4	0	1.000	6	1.12	3	1	0	48.1	25	6	6	3	6	1	0	0	176	0	10.43	1.12	9.33	0.56	31.8	3.4	0.64	.200	1.12	4.66
2	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	47	2019	WSH	6	5	0	1.000	5	1.98	0	0	0	36.1	30	8	9	4	4	0	0	1	142	1	11.64	0.99	11.75	0.99	33.1	2.8	0.94	.299	2.23	7.43
3	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	47	2003	FLA	6	2	2	.500	5	2.11	2	2	0	42.2	21	10	10	3	12	1	0	1	160	1	9.91	2.53	3.92	0.63	29.4	7.5	0.77	.186	2.11	4.43
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	47	2001	ARI	6	5	1	.833	5	1.52	2	2	0	41.1	25	7	7	2	8	0	1	0	156	0	10.23	1.74	5.88	0.44	30.1	5.1	0.80	.232	1.52	5.44
5	Kevin Brown K. Brown	46	1998	SDP	6	2	2	.500	5	2.52	1	1	0	39.1	24	11	11	1	17	3	0	2	157	1	10.53	3.89	2.71	0.23	29.3	10.8	1.04	.256	2.52	5.49
6	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	45	2014	SFG	7	4	1	.800	6	1.03	2	2	1	52.2	28	6	7	3	6	2	1	0	195	0	7.69	1.03	7.50	0.51	23.1	3.1	0.65	.180	1.20	4.78
7	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	43	2010	SFG	6	4	1	.800	5	2.43	1	1	0	37.0	25	10	11	3	9	1	0	0	145	0	10.46	2.19	4.78	0.73	29.7	6.2	0.92	.247	2.68	6.08
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	41	2025	LAD	6	3	2	.600	5	3.18	0	0	0	34.0	21	12	12	3	13	1	0	0	130	2	10.85	3.44	3.15	0.79	31.5	10.0	1.00	.250	3.18	5.56
9	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	39	2020	LAD	5	2	0	1.000	5	1.80	0	0	0	25.0	18	5	5	2	12	0	0	0	104	1	14.04	4.32	3.25	0.72	37.5	11.5	1.20	.314	1.80	6.48
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	37	2020	LAD	5	4	1	.800	5	2.93	0	0	0	30.2	23	10	10	4	5	0	0	0	114	0	10.86	1.47	7.40	1.17	32.5	4.4	0.91	.279	2.93	6.75
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	37	2019	WSH	6	3	0	1.000	5	2.40	0	0	0	30.0	21	8	8	4	15	0	0	1	125	1	11.10	4.50	2.47	1.20	29.6	12.0	1.20	.246	2.40	6.30
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	36	2019	WSH	8	2	3	.400	3	5.79	0	0	0	23.1	21	15	16	2	12	1	0	1	103	0	13.89	4.63	3.00	0.77	35.0	11.7	1.41	.365	6.17	8.10
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	35	2023	PHI	5	3	0	1.000	4	1.95	0	0	0	27.2	17	6	7	3	3	0	0	0	103	1	11.39	0.98	11.67	0.98	34.0	2.9	0.72	.226	2.28	5.53
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	35	1973	NYM	4	1	2	.333	4	1.99	1	0	0	31.2	26	7	8	2	8	1	0	2	131	2	9.95	2.27	4.38	0.57	26.7	6.1	1.07	.282	2.27	7.39
15	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	35	1968	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	1.67	3	1	0	27.0	18	5	5	1	4	0	0	1	101	0	11.67	1.33	8.75	0.33	34.7	4.0	0.81	.279	1.67	6.00
16	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	34	2013	STL	5	2	3	.400	5	2.57	1	0	0	35.0	31	10	12	1	3	0	0	0	135	0	8.74	0.77	11.33	0.26	25.2	2.2	0.97	.309	3.09	7.97
17	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	33	2025	LAD	6	5	1	.833	5	1.45	2	0	0	37.1	23	6	8	2	6	3	1	0	144	0	7.96	1.45	5.50	0.48	22.9	4.2	0.78	.210	1.93	5.54
18	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	33	2022	PHI	6	1	3	.250	6	2.78	0	0	0	35.2	19	11	12	2	7	4	0	0	135	0	8.33	1.77	4.71	0.50	24.4	5.2	0.73	.191	3.03	4.79
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	33	2017	LAD	6	3	0	1.000	5	3.82	0	0	0	33.0	21	14	14	8	10	0	0	2	128	1	9.00	2.73	3.30	2.18	25.8	7.8	0.94	.169	3.82	5.73
20	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	33	2013	STL	5	4	1	.800	5	2.64	0	0	0	30.2	16	9	9	3	12	1	0	3	119	0	9.68	3.52	2.75	0.88	27.7	10.1	0.91	.186	2.64	4.70
21	Cliff Lee C. Lee	33	2009	PHI	5	4	0	1.000	5	1.56	2	0	0	40.1	27	7	10	0	6	0	0	0	151	2	7.36	1.34	5.50	0.00	21.9	4.0	0.82	.241	2.23	6.02
22	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	33	1996	ATL	5	4	1	.800	5	0.95	0	0	0	38.0	22	4	5	0	13	0	0	0	148	2	7.82	3.08	2.54	0.00	22.3	8.8	0.92	.216	1.18	5.21
23	Sterling Hitchcock S. Hitchcock	32	1998	SDP	4	3	0	1.000	4	1.23	0	0	0	22.0	15	3	4	1	9	1	0	1	88	2	13.09	3.68	3.56	0.41	36.4	10.2	1.09	.311	1.64	6.14
24	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	32	1988	LAD	6	3	0	1.000	5	1.05	3	2	1	42.2	25	5	7	0	13	2	1	1	164	3	6.75	2.74	2.46	0.00	19.5	7.9	0.89	.214	1.48	5.27
25	Kerry Wood K. Wood	31	2003	CHC	4	2	1	.667	4	4.23	0	0	0	27.2	21	13	13	2	14	0	0	0	118	1	10.08	4.55	2.21	0.65	26.3	11.9	1.27	.268	4.23	6.83

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