which pitcher has the most strikeouts in a playoff game for the braves

John Smoltz has fanned the most hitters for the Braves in a postseason game, with 11 strikeouts 2 times.

NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
11
10/27/1999
ATL ATL
@
NYY NYY
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
6
3
3
0
3
0
0
1
30
0
2 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
11
10/3/1997
ATL ATL
@
HOU HOU
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
32
0
3 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
10
10/24/1996
ATL ATL
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
4
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
31
0
4 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
10
10/10/1993
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
L
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.1
8
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
33
0
5 Max Fried
M. Fried
9
10/9/2021
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
6 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
9
10/8/2021
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
L
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
23
0
7 Max Fried
M. Fried
9
10/12/2020
ATL ATL
@
LAD LAD
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
24
0
8 Ian Anderson
I. Anderson
9
10/1/2020
ATL ATL
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
22
0
9 Mike Hampton
M. Hampton
9
10/1/2003
ATL ATL
vs
CHC CHC
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
2
0
5
0
0
0
27
0
10 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
9
10/12/1997
ATL ATL
@
FLA FLA
L
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
25
0
11 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
9
10/10/1997
ATL ATL
@
FLA FLA
L
1
7.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
5
5
1
5
0
0
2
27
0
12 Steve Avery
S. Avery
9
10/20/1992
ATL ATL
@
TOR TOR
L
1
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
5
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
29
0
13 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
9
10/10/1992
ATL ATL
@
PIT PIT
W
1
4.26
0
0
0
6.1
6
3
4
0
5
0
0
1
30
0
14 Steve Avery
S. Avery
9
10/10/1991
ATL ATL
@
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.1
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
32
0
15 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
8
10/7/2023
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
L
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
27
1
16 Ian Anderson
I. Anderson
8
10/7/2020
ATL ATL
vs
MIA MIA
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.2
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
21
0
17 Derek Lowe
D. Lowe
8
10/11/2010
ATL ATL
vs
SFG SFG
L
1
2.84
0
0
0
6.1
2
2
3
1
2
0
0
0
23
0
18 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
8
10/15/1999
ATL ATL
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
7
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
1
19 Kevin Millwood
K. Millwood
8
10/6/1999
ATL ATL
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
20 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
8
10/12/1998
ATL ATL
@
SDP SDP
1
5.40
0
0
0
6.2
9
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
29
0
21 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
8
10/1/1998
ATL ATL
vs
CHC CHC
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
22 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
8
10/22/1996
ATL ATL
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
2
0
3
0
0
0
28
0
23 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
8
10/28/1995
ATL ATL
vs
CLE CLE
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
27
0
24 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
8
10/7/1993
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
5
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
29
0
25 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
8
10/18/1992
ATL ATL
vs
TOR TOR
1
2.45
0
0
0
7.1
8
2
3
0
3
0
0
0
31
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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