what pitcher has the most postseason games with 5+ strikeouts

Justin Verlander has the most games pitched in the postseason when striking out 5+ batters, with 27 games.

NAMEGSOWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
27
212
14
8
.636
27
3.08
2
1
0
172.1
123
59
60
20
56
5
0
0
688
5
11.07
2.92
3.79
1.04
30.8
8.1
1.04
.261
3.13
6.42
2Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
22
171
12
7
.632
22
3.71
0
0
0
136.0
104
56
59
18
31
0
0
2
534
6
11.32
2.05
5.52
1.19
32.0
5.8
0.99
.274
3.90
6.88
3John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
21
157
10
4
.714
20
2.38
2
1
0
147.2
119
39
44
12
44
1
0
5
600
6
9.57
2.68
3.57
0.73
26.2
7.3
1.10
.277
2.68
7.25
4Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
142
7
3
.700
20
3.27
1
1
0
132.0
107
48
51
9
43
3
0
1
542
9
9.68
2.93
3.30
0.61
26.2
7.9
1.14
.284
3.48
7.30
5Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
19
147
7
4
.636
19
2.71
0
0
0
116.1
71
35
36
14
41
6
0
1
456
5
11.37
3.17
3.59
1.08
32.2
9.0
0.96
.230
2.79
5.49
6Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
19
118
11
4
.733
19
2.27
0
0
0
130.2
112
33
37
10
29
1
0
3
522
1
8.13
2.00
4.07
0.69
22.6
5.6
1.08
.280
2.55
7.71
7Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
16
133
10
4
.714
16
2.34
0
0
0
104.0
67
27
35
14
27
3
0
1
410
1
11.51
2.34
4.93
1.21
32.4
6.6
0.90
.227
3.03
5.80
8CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
16
100
10
3
.769
16
2.99
1
0
0
102.1
93
34
38
10
39
5
0
6
435
2
8.79
3.43
2.56
0.88
23.0
9.0
1.29
.295
3.34
8.18
9Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
15
105
4
3
.571
15
2.57
0
0
0
80.2
57
23
23
8
30
2
0
1
324
2
11.71
3.35
3.50
0.89
32.4
9.3
1.08
.274
2.57
6.36
10Jon Lester
J. Lester
15
100
7
6
.538
15
2.89
0
0
0
102.2
81
33
35
12
20
1
0
0
404
2
8.77
1.75
5.00
1.05
24.8
5.0
0.98
.255
3.07
7.10
11Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
14
115
4
5
.444
14
3.03
0
0
0
98.0
76
33
34
11
23
0
0
5
390
2
10.56
2.11
5.00
1.01
29.5
5.9
1.01
.270
3.12
6.98
12Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
14
90
6
5
.545
14
1.44
2
0
0
100.1
68
16
19
6
32
3
0
3
384
1
8.07
2.87
2.81
0.54
23.4
8.3
1.00
.245
1.70
6.10
13Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
13
93
3
3
.500
13
2.98
1
0
0
84.2
75
28
28
10
14
2
0
1
337
2
9.89
1.49
6.64
1.06
27.6
4.2
1.05
.298
2.98
7.97
14Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
13
116
6
6
.500
12
2.54
3
2
0
95.2
69
27
30
10
23
0
1
1
377
0
10.91
2.16
5.04
0.94
30.8
6.1
0.96
.259
2.82
6.49
15Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
12
83
6
4
.600
11
3.26
0
0
0
66.1
52
24
27
7
25
4
1
0
270
0
11.26
3.39
3.32
0.95
30.7
9.3
1.16
.298
3.66
7.06
16John Lackey
J. Lackey
12
73
6
3
.667
12
2.58
0
0
0
73.1
55
21
22
3
20
2
0
1
292
3
8.96
2.45
3.65
0.37
25.0
6.8
1.02
.268
2.70
6.75
17Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
12
86
6
4
.600
11
3.72
0
0
0
77.1
60
32
32
10
25
7
1
0
316
1
10.01
2.91
3.44
1.16
27.2
7.9
1.10
.266
3.72
6.98
18Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
12
76
5
5
.500
12
2.13
1
0
0
84.2
72
20
30
6
20
1
0
4
338
0
8.08
2.13
3.80
0.64
22.5
5.9
1.09
.281
3.19
7.65
19Blake Snell
B. Snell
11
84
6
2
.750
11
2.69
0
0
0
60.1
35
18
18
5
24
0
0
0
234
3
12.53
3.58
3.50
0.75
35.9
10.3
0.98
.248
2.69
5.22
20Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
11
77
2
5
.286
11
4.42
0
0
0
57.0
48
28
31
11
32
0
0
0
250
7
12.16
5.05
2.41
1.74
30.8
12.8
1.40
.285
4.89
7.58
21Charlie Morton
C. Morton
11
69
5
2
.714
11
2.62
0
0
0
55.0
43
16
17
5
18
5
0
0
229
2
11.29
2.95
3.83
0.82
30.1
7.9
1.11
.288
2.78
7.04
22Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
11
76
3
3
.500
11
4.20
0
0
0
64.1
60
30
30
13
15
2
0
0
262
2
10.63
2.10
5.07
1.82
29.0
5.7
1.17
.301
4.20
8.39
23Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
11
72
8
1
.889
11
1.20
3
3
0
82.1
47
11
12
4
14
4
0
1
306
0
7.87
1.53
5.14
0.44
23.5
4.6
0.74
.203
1.31
5.14
24Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
11
78
6
4
.600
11
2.16
1
1
0
75.0
52
18
24
5
18
1
0
2
293
0
9.36
2.16
4.33
0.60
26.6
6.1
0.93
.246
2.88
6.24
25Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
11
90
6
2
.750
11
2.88
3
3
0
78.0
57
25
25
8
19
2
0
1
307
3
10.38
2.19
4.74
0.92
29.3
6.2
0.97
.261
2.88
6.58
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