which starter has the most strikeouts in the postseason

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by a starting pitcher in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	244	37	16	12	.571	37	3.59	2	1	0	223.1	178	89	92	31	72	5	0	0	910	8	9.83	2.90	3.39	1.25	26.8	7.9	1.12	.263	3.71	7.17
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	201	32	13	13	.500	32	4.49	0	0	0	184.1	159	92	97	27	46	3	0	3	746	10	9.81	2.25	4.37	1.32	26.9	6.2	1.11	.281	4.74	7.76
3	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	183	44	19	11	.633	44	3.81	0	0	0	276.2	285	117	121	31	76	3	0	4	1,157	4	5.95	2.47	2.41	1.01	15.8	6.6	1.30	.294	3.94	9.27
4	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	177	27	13	4	.765	27	2.55	2	1	0	187.1	151	53	58	14	63	3	0	6	770	6	8.50	3.03	2.81	0.67	23.0	8.2	1.14	.267	2.79	7.25
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	172	28	7	7	.500	28	3.70	0	0	0	151.0	113	62	63	23	59	8	0	2	618	8	10.25	3.52	2.92	1.37	27.8	9.5	1.14	.253	3.75	6.74
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	169	34	11	8	.579	34	3.81	1	1	0	196.0	172	83	87	17	70	6	0	1	826	10	7.76	3.21	2.41	0.78	20.5	8.5	1.23	.275	3.99	7.90
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	156	22	11	6	.647	22	2.77	0	0	0	133.1	100	41	50	19	36	3	0	1	537	1	10.53	2.43	4.33	1.28	29.1	6.7	1.02	.251	3.38	6.75
8	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	143	35	14	16	.467	35	3.30	3	0	0	218.1	191	80	91	21	87	7	0	11	912	3	5.89	3.59	1.64	0.87	15.7	9.5	1.27	.260	3.75	7.87
9	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	139	21	7	8	.467	21	3.48	0	0	0	132.0	115	51	54	19	29	3	0	6	541	2	9.48	1.98	4.79	1.30	25.7	5.4	1.09	.274	3.68	7.84
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	123	16	5	9	.357	16	3.69	3	2	0	112.1	102	46	50	15	29	0	0	1	460	0	9.85	2.32	4.24	1.20	26.7	6.3	1.17	.297	4.01	8.17
11	Jon Lester J. Lester	121	22	9	7	.563	22	2.44	0	0	0	143.2	110	39	41	14	37	3	0	0	570	3	7.58	2.32	3.27	0.88	21.2	6.5	1.02	.243	2.57	6.89
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	121	30	11	14	.440	30	3.36	2	0	0	193.0	191	72	95	14	48	9	0	15	813	4	5.64	2.24	2.52	0.65	14.9	5.9	1.24	.285	4.43	8.91
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	120	19	11	2	.846	19	2.23	4	2	0	133.1	104	33	37	12	25	3	0	0	525	1	8.10	1.69	4.80	0.81	22.9	4.8	0.97	.252	2.50	7.02
14	CC Sabathia	117	23	10	7	.588	23	4.29	1	0	0	128.0	135	61	66	15	61	7	0	8	573	5	8.23	4.29	1.92	1.05	20.4	10.6	1.53	.322	4.64	9.49
15	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	112	18	4	4	.500	18	3.07	0	0	0	93.2	73	32	34	9	36	2	0	2	385	3	10.76	3.46	3.11	0.86	29.1	9.4	1.16	.283	3.27	7.01
16	John Lackey J. Lackey	107	23	8	6	.571	23	3.29	0	0	0	134.0	125	49	52	6	43	4	0	5	558	6	7.19	2.89	2.49	0.40	19.2	7.7	1.25	.299	3.49	8.40
17	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	102	16	3	5	.375	16	3.23	1	0	0	97.2	93	35	38	10	20	2	0	1	402	3	9.40	1.84	5.10	0.92	25.4	5.0	1.16	.310	3.50	8.57
18	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	99	21	4	6	.400	21	4.18	0	0	0	112.0	101	52	55	19	33	3	0	0	463	2	7.96	2.65	3.00	1.53	21.4	7.1	1.20	.265	4.42	8.12
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	98	15	7	5	.583	15	3.40	0	0	0	79.1	58	30	30	10	35	1	0	0	319	5	11.12	3.97	2.80	1.13	30.7	11.0	1.17	.274	3.40	6.58
20	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	96	13	7	3	.700	13	3.11	3	3	0	89.2	66	31	31	10	21	4	0	1	353	3	9.64	2.11	4.57	1.00	27.2	5.9	0.97	.252	3.11	6.62
21	Whitey Ford W. Ford	94	22	10	8	.556	22	2.71	7	3	0	146.0	132	44	51	8	34	3	0	2	594	4	5.79	2.10	2.76	0.49	15.8	5.7	1.14	.273	3.14	8.14
22	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	93	14	9	2	.818	14	2.64	0	0	0	95.1	70	28	30	8	51	4	0	2	400	1	8.78	4.81	1.82	0.76	23.3	12.8	1.27	.254	2.83	6.61
23	David Cone D. Cone	93	18	8	3	.727	18	3.88	1	0	0	109.0	93	47	52	12	58	2	0	1	473	6	7.68	4.79	1.60	0.99	19.7	12.3	1.39	.263	4.29	7.68
24	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	92	16	7	6	.538	16	3.48	1	1	0	98.1	81	38	45	12	26	2	0	2	401	1	8.42	2.38	3.54	1.10	22.9	6.5	1.09	.257	4.12	7.41
25	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	92	9	7	2	.778	9	1.89	8	2	0	81.0	55	17	19	6	17	2	0	3	312	2	10.22	1.89	5.41	0.67	29.5	5.4	0.89	.251	2.11	6.11