which pitcher has the most strikeouts in an alds series

Gerrit Cole has fanned the most batters in an ALDS, with 25 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1903 · postseason
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	NAME	SO	SEASON	SERIES	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	25	2019	ALDS	HOU	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.57	0	0	0	15.2	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	54	0	14.36	1.72	8.33	0.57	46.3	5.6	0.57	.200	0.57	3.45
2	Gavin Williams G. Williams	24	2026	ALDS	CLE	3	1	0	1.000	2	1.54	0	0	0	11.2	6	2	2	0	5	1	1	0	46	0	18.51	3.86	4.80	0.00	52.2	10.9	0.94	.375	1.54	4.63
3	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	22	2025	ALDS	DET	2	0	0		2	2.08	0	0	0	13.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	47	0	15.23	0.69	22.00	1.38	46.8	2.1	0.62	.227	2.08	4.85
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	22	2012	ALDS	DET	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.56	1	1	0	16.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	59	0	12.38	2.81	4.40	0.56	37.3	8.5	0.75	.194	0.56	3.94
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	21	2013	ALDS	DET	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	0	0	0	15.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	53	0	12.60	1.20	10.50	0.00	39.6	3.8	0.53	.200	0.00	3.60
6	Cliff Lee C. Lee	21	2010	ALDS	TEX	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.13	1	0	0	16.0	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	60	0	11.81	0.00		0.56	35.0	0.0	0.69	.263	1.13	6.19
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	17	2020	ALDS	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	2	3.18	0	0	0	11.1	7	4	4	3	4	1	0	1	47	0	13.50	3.18	4.25	2.38	36.2	8.5	0.97	.182	3.18	5.56
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	16	2022	ALDS	NYY	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.03	0	0	0	13.1	10	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	53	0	10.80	1.35	8.00	1.35	30.2	3.8	0.90	.250	2.03	6.75
9	CC Sabathia	16	2012	ALDS	NYY	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.53	1	0	0	17.2	12	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	67	0	8.15	1.53	5.33	0.00	23.9	4.5	0.85	.250	1.53	6.11
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	16	1997	ALDS	SEA	2	0	2	.000	2	5.54	1	0	0	13.0	14	8	8	3	6	0	0	0	56	0	11.08	4.15	2.67	2.08	28.6	10.7	1.54	.355	5.54	9.69
11	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	16	1997	ALDS	BAL	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.93	0	0	0	14.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	52	0	10.29	1.93	5.33	1.93	30.8	5.8	0.71	.133	1.93	4.50
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	16	1995	ALDS	SEA	2	2	0	1.000	1	2.70	0	0	0	10.0	5	3	3	1	6	0	1	1	40	0	14.40	5.40	2.67	0.90	40.0	15.0	1.10	.235	2.70	4.50
13	George Kirby G. Kirby	14	2025	ALDS	SEA	2	0	0		2	2.70	0	0	0	10.0	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	40	0	12.60	0.90	14.00	0.90	35.0	2.5	1.00	.348	2.70	8.10
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	14	2024	ALDS	DET	2	0	1	.000	2	3.46	0	0	0	13.0	9	5	5	1	1	2	0	1	50	0	9.69	0.69	14.00	0.69	28.0	2.0	0.77	.250	3.46	6.23
15	CC Sabathia	14	2017	ALDS	NYY	2	0	0		2	3.72	0	0	0	9.2	8	4	6	0	3	1	0	1	42	0	13.03	2.79	4.67	0.00	33.3	7.1	1.14	.333	5.59	7.45
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	14	2015	ALDS	TEX	2	0	1	.000	2	2.70	0	0	0	13.1	10	4	9	2	2	0	0	1	55	0	9.45	1.35	7.00	1.35	25.5	3.6	0.90	.216	6.07	6.75
17	David Price D. Price	14	2010	ALDS	TBR	2	0	2	.000	2	4.97	0	0	0	12.2	17	7	8	2	0	0	0	0	55	0	9.95	0.00		1.42	25.5	0.0	1.34	.385	5.68	12.08
18	David Cone D. Cone	14	1995	ALDS	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.60	0	0	0	15.2	15	8	8	4	9	0	0	0	71	2	8.04	5.17	1.56	2.30	19.7	12.7	1.53	.250	4.60	8.62
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	13	2019	ALDS	HOU	2	1	1	.500	2	3.38	0	0	0	10.2	8	4	4	2	6	0	0	0	44	0	10.97	5.06	2.17	1.69	29.5	13.6	1.31	.261	3.38	6.75
20	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	13	2015	ALDS	KCR	2	1	0	1.000	2	3.86	0	0	0	14.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	53	0	8.36	1.93	4.33	1.29	24.5	5.7	0.86	.200	3.86	5.79
21	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	2013	ALDS	DET	2	2	0	1.000	1	3.00	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	37	1	13.00	4.00	3.25	1.00	35.1	10.8	1.11	.263	3.00	6.00
22	Barry Zito B. Zito	13	2003	ALDS	OAK	2	1	1	.500	2	3.46	0	0	0	13.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	0	52	0	9.00	2.77	3.25	1.38	25.0	7.7	1.00	.219	3.46	6.23
23	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	13	2001	ALDS	CLE	2	1	1	.500	2	1.84	0	0	0	14.2	12	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	59	0	7.98	3.68	2.17	0.00	22.0	10.2	1.23	.300	1.84	7.36
24	Freddy Garcia F. Garcia	13	2001	ALDS	SEA	2	1	1	.500	2	3.86	0	0	0	11.2	13	5	6	1	3	0	0	0	50	0	10.03	2.31	4.33	0.77	26.0	6.0	1.37	.364	4.63	10.03
25	Kevin Appier K. Appier	13	2000	ALDS	OAK	2	0	1	.000	1	3.48	0	0	0	10.1	10	4	4	1	6	0	0	1	46	0	11.32	5.23	2.17	0.87	28.3	13.0	1.55	.346	3.48	8.71

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