which pitcher has the most strikeouts in a playoff game white sox

Ed Walsh has fanned the most hitters for the White Sox in a postseason game, with 12 strikeouts in Game 3 of the 1906 World Series versus the Cubs.

NAMESODATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
12
10/11/1906
@
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
1
2Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
8
9/29/2020
@
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
3Britt Burns
B. Burns
8
10/8/1983
vs
L
1
0.96
0
0
0
9.1
6
1
1
1
5
1
0
0
38
0
4Eddie Cicotte
E. Cicotte
8
10/10/1917
@
L
1
2.25
1
0
0
8.0
8
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
34
0
5John Danks
J. Danks
7
10/5/2008
vs
W
1
4.05
0
0
0
6.2
7
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
30
0
6Freddy Garcia
F. Garcia
7
10/26/2005
@
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
27
0
7Jon Garland
J. Garland
7
10/14/2005
@
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
30
0
8Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
6
10/2/2008
@
L
1
12.46
0
0
0
4.1
8
6
6
2
1
0
0
0
22
0
9Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
6
10/23/2005
vs
1
5.14
0
0
0
7.0
7
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
28
0
10Jose Contreras
J. Contreras
6
10/4/2005
vs
W
1
2.35
0
0
0
7.2
8
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
31
1
11Wilson Alvarez
W. Alvarez
6
10/8/1993
@
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
33
0
12Early Wynn
E. Wynn
6
10/1/1959
vs
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
13Michael Kopech
M. Kopech
5
10/10/2021
vs
W
0
11.57
0
0
0
2.1
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
12
0
14Clayton Richard
C. Richard
5
10/2/2008
@
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.1
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
15
0
15Freddy Garcia
F. Garcia
5
10/15/2005
@
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
16Alex Fernandez
A. Fernandez
5
10/12/1993
vs
L
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
7
2
3
0
3
1
0
1
33
0
17Jose DeLeon
J. DeLeon
5
10/10/1993
@
0
2.45
0
0
0
3.2
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
16
0
18Alex Fernandez
A. Fernandez
5
10/6/1993
vs
L
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
8
1
3
0
3
0
0
2
33
0
19Floyd Bannister
F. Bannister
5
10/6/1983
@
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
3
4
1
1
0
0
0
25
0
20Dick Donovan
D. Donovan
5
10/4/1959
@
L
1
2.70
0
0
0
6.2
2
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
21Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
5
10/13/1906
@
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
1
6
0
5
1
0
0
32
1
22Aaron Bummer
A. Bummer
4
10/10/2021
vs
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
23Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
4
10/8/2021
@
1
8.31
0
0
0
4.1
3
4
4
0
5
0
0
0
21
1
24Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
4
10/7/2021
@
L
1
12.27
0
0
0
3.2
6
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
20
1
25Dallas Keuchel
D. Keuchel
4
9/30/2020
@
L
1
8.10
0
0
0
3.1
6
3
5
2
0
0
0
0
17
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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