who has the most pitcher strikeouts in the playoffs

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters 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 ERA- FIP FIP- H/9 PRAA
1 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
244
38
17
12
.586
37
3.58
2
1
0
226.0
179
90
93
32
74
5
0
0
920
8
9.72
2.95
3.30
1.27
26.5
8.0
1.12
.260
3.70
7.13
2 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
213
39
13
13
.500
32
4.49
0
0
1
194.1
165
97
102
30
51
4
2
5
788
11
9.86
2.36
4.18
1.39
27.0
6.5
1.11
.276
4.72
7.64
3 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
199
41
15
4
.789
27
2.67
2
1
4
209.0
172
62
67
17
67
3
11
6
856
6
8.57
2.89
2.97
0.73
23.2
7.8
1.14
.272
2.89
7.41
4 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
5 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
173
35
12
8
.600
34
3.75
1
1
0
199.0
173
83
87
17
70
6
1
1
837
10
7.82
3.17
2.47
0.77
20.7
8.4
1.22
.273
3.93
7.82
6 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
171
30
7
8
.467
25
3.78
0
0
1
143.0
109
60
63
20
56
9
1
4
594
8
10.76
3.52
3.05
1.26
28.8
9.4
1.15
.263
3.97
6.86
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 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
145
23
7
8
.467
21
3.42
0
0
0
139.2
121
53
56
19
33
3
0
7
571
2
9.34
2.13
4.39
1.22
25.4
5.8
1.10
.275
3.61
7.80
9 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
10 Jon Lester
J. Lester
133
26
9
7
.563
22
2.51
0
0
0
154.0
117
43
46
15
40
3
2
0
610
4
7.77
2.34
3.33
0.88
21.8
6.6
1.02
.243
2.69
6.84
11 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
132
19
7
9
.438
16
3.50
3
2
0
121.0
106
47
51
15
32
0
2
2
493
0
9.82
2.38
4.13
1.12
26.8
6.5
1.14
.290
3.79
7.88
12 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
125
35
11
14
.440
30
3.27
2
0
1
198.0
195
72
97
14
51
9
2
16
836
4
5.68
2.32
2.45
0.64
15.0
6.1
1.24
.284
4.41
8.86
13 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
123
29
4
5
.444
16
2.83
1
0
4
114.1
105
36
39
11
22
2
9
1
464
4
9.68
1.73
5.59
0.87
26.5
4.7
1.11
.307
3.07
8.27
14 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
121
26
10
7
.588
23
4.28
1
0
0
130.1
137
62
67
15
63
8
0
9
586
5
8.36
4.35
1.92
1.04
20.6
10.8
1.53
.322
4.63
9.46
15 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
16 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
114
19
4
4
.500
18
3.04
0
0
1
94.2
73
32
34
9
36
2
1
2
388
3
10.84
3.42
3.17
0.86
29.4
9.3
1.15
.282
3.23
6.94
17 John Lackey
J. Lackey
114
29
8
6
.571
23
3.44
0
0
0
144.0
135
55
58
7
47
4
2
6
601
10
7.13
2.94
2.43
0.44
19.0
7.8
1.26
.298
3.63
8.44
18 Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
110
96
8
1
.889
0
0.70
0
0
42
141.0
86
11
13
2
21
3
78
4
527
3
7.02
1.34
5.24
0.13
20.9
4.0
0.76
.215
0.83
5.49
19 Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
107
19
9
3
.750
14
2.55
0
0
0
106.0
77
30
32
10
55
4
0
3
443
1
9.08
4.67
1.95
0.85
24.2
12.4
1.25
.251
2.72
6.54
20 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
100
22
4
6
.400
21
4.14
0
0
0
113.0
103
52
55
19
33
3
0
0
469
2
7.96
2.63
3.03
1.51
21.3
7.0
1.20
.268
4.38
8.20
21 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
99
14
7
3
.700
13
3.07
3
3
0
93.2
67
32
32
11
21
4
0
1
366
3
9.51
2.02
4.71
1.06
27.0
5.7
0.94
.242
3.07
6.44
22 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
97
22
8
3
.727
18
2.59
4
2
1
132.0
103
38
43
8
43
6
2
5
533
6
6.61
2.93
2.26
0.55
18.2
8.1
1.11
.251
2.93
7.02
23 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
96
16
6
4
.600
14
3.46
0
0
0
96.1
74
37
37
10
30
8
1
0
391
1
8.97
2.80
3.20
0.93
24.6
7.7
1.08
.259
3.46
6.91
24 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
95
17
7
6
.538
16
4.34
0
0
0
85.0
82
41
45
14
34
4
1
0
360
0
10.06
3.60
2.79
1.48
26.4
9.4
1.36
.319
4.76
8.68
25 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
94
59
3
2
.600
0
2.20
0
0
20
65.1
34
16
18
7
18
3
47
3
250
0
12.95
2.48
5.22
0.96
37.6
7.2
0.80
.211
2.48
4.68

More Tigers Stats

Team Rankings

HR

62

7th

R

262

4th

SO

425

7th

ERA

3.37

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
32
17
.653
Twins Twins
26
21
.553
5.0
Royals Royals
27
22
.551
5.0
Guardians Guardians
25
21
.543
5.5
White Sox White Sox
14
34
.292
17.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/21
DET DET
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Thu
5/22
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Fri
5/23
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Sat
5/24
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
7:15 PM
Sun
5/25
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
11:35 AM
Last Game
STL Cardinals

27 - 22

4

Final

5

DET Tigers

32 - 17

Tue 20 May 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
28
19
.596
Red Sox Red Sox
25
25
.500
4.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
32
17
.653
Twins Twins
26
21
.553
5.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
27
19
.587
Astros Astros
25
23
.521
3.0
NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
29
18
.617
Mets Mets
29
20
.592
1.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
29
20
.592
Cardinals Cardinals
27
22
.551
2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
29
19
.604
Padres Padres
27
19
.587
1.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
5/4
LAD LAD
@
MIA MIA
7-4
Sun
5/4
SFG SFG
@
CHC CHC
2-9
Sun
5/4
NYM NYM
@
AZ AZ
5-4
Sun
5/4
SEA SEA
@
ATH ATH
6-7
Mon
5/5
CLE CLE
@
WSH WSH
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/21
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Wed
5/21
HOU HOU
@
TBR TBR
1:10 PM
Wed
5/21
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Wed
5/21
CHC CHC
@
MIA MIA
1:10 PM
Wed
5/21
BAL BAL
@
MIL MIL
1:10 PM