which pitcher has the most innings pitched in a playoff game

Babe Ruth has pitched the most innings in a postseason game, with 14 innings in Game 2 of the 1916 World Series against the Brooklyn Robins.

NAME IP DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
14.0
10/9/1916
BSA BSA
vs
BKN BKN
W
1
0.64
4
1
0
0
6
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
48
0
2 Sherry Smith
S. Smith
13.1
10/9/1916
BKN BKN
@
BSA BSA
L
1
1.35
2
1
0
0
7
2
2
0
6
0
0
1
51
0
3 Schoolboy Rowe
S. Rowe
12.0
10/4/1934
DET DET
vs
SLN SLN
W
1
1.50
7
1
0
0
7
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
42
0
4 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
12.0
10/4/1924
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
L
1
3.00
12
1
0
0
14
4
4
2
6
0
0
1
51
1
5 Art Nehf
A. Nehf
12.0
10/4/1924
NYG NYG
@
WSH WSH
W
1
1.50
3
1
0
0
10
2
3
0
5
0
0
0
49
0
6 Bill Donovan
B. Donovan
12.0
10/8/1907
DET DET
@
CHC CHC
1
0.75
12
1
0
0
10
1
3
0
3
2
0
0
48
0
7 Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
11.0
10/9/1973
OAK OAK
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.82
7
1
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
38
0
8 Dave McNally
D. McNally
11.0
10/5/1969
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
41
0
9 Carl Erskine
C. Erskine
11.0
10/5/1952
BKN BKN
@
NYY NYY
W
1
4.09
6
1
0
0
5
5
5
1
3
0
0
0
41
0
10 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
11.0
10/6/1933
NYG NYG
@
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
0
8
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
45
0
11 Bullet Joe Bush
B. Joe Bush
11.0
10/12/1914
PHA PHA
@
BSN BSN
L
1
3.27
4
1
0
0
9
4
5
1
4
0
0
1
46
0
12 Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
11.0
10/9/1912
NYG NYG
@
BSA BSA
1
0.00
4
1
0
0
10
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
45
0
13 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
11.0
10/17/1911
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
W
1
0.82
7
1
0
0
3
1
2
0
4
0
0
0
36
0
14 Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
11.0
10/17/1911
NYG NYG
vs
PHA PHA
L
1
0.82
3
1
0
0
9
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
42
0
15 Dave Boswell
D. Boswell
10.2
10/5/1969
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
L
1
0.84
4
0
0
0
7
1
1
0
7
0
0
1
43
1
16 Monte Weaver
M. Weaver
10.1
10/6/1933
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
L
1
1.74
3
0
0
0
11
2
2
1
4
0
0
1
45
0
17 Jack Morris
J. Morris
10.0
10/27/1991
MIN MIN
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
38
0
18 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
10.0
10/14/1986
NYM NYM
vs
HOU HOU
1
0.90
4
0
0
0
9
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
38
0
19 Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
10.0
10/10/1980
HOU HOU
vs
PHI PHI
1
0.00
2
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
39
0
20 Mike Cuellar
M. Cuellar
10.0
10/9/1973
BAL BAL
@
OAK OAK
L
1
1.80
11
1
0
0
4
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
37
0
21 Mickey Lolich
M. Lolich
10.0
10/7/1972
DET DET
@
OAK OAK
L
1
1.80
4
0
0
0
9
2
3
0
3
0
0
0
42
0
22 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
10.0
10/15/1969
NYM NYM
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.90
6
1
0
0
6
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
38
0
23 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
10.0
10/12/1964
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
13
1
0
0
6
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
39
0
24 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
10.0
10/1/1958
MIL MIL
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
2.70
6
1
0
0
8
3
3
2
4
0
0
0
40
1
25 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
10.0
10/6/1957
MIL MIL
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
4.50
2
1
0
0
11
5
5
1
1
0
0
0
39
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for innings pitched going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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Sat
5/17
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@
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Sun
5/18
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BOS BOS
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BOS BOS
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5/20
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@
BOS BOS
6:45 PM
Wed
5/21
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BOS BOS
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.591
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.478
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.556
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NL West W L PCT GB
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
5/1
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
1-6
Thu
5/1
SDP SDP
@
PIT PIT
9-4
Thu
5/1
AZ AZ
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
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TBR TBR
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NYY NYY
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BAL BAL
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NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Sat
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Sat
5/17
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TOR TOR
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Sat
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BAL BAL
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