highest career playoff strikeout to walk ratio, 50 ip minimum

Cliff Lee has the highest career K/BB in the postseason when pitching at least 50 innings, with 8.90 K/BB.

	NAME	K/BB	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Cliff Lee C. Lee	8.90	82.0	11	7	3	.700	11	2.52	89	3	0	0	66	23	27	2	10	1	0	0	320	2	9.77	1.10	0.22	27.8	3.1	0.93	.294	2.96	7.24
2	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	8.88	55.1	9	6	2	.750	8	1.46	71	0	0	0	44	9	13	4	8	1	0	1	218	1	11.55	1.30	0.65	32.6	3.7	0.94	.299	2.11	7.16
3	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	7.00	50.2	8	3	2	.600	8	2.13	70	0	0	0	30	12	12	5	10	2	0	1	191	0	12.43	1.78	0.89	36.6	5.2	0.79	.240	2.13	5.33
4	Lefty Grove L. Grove	6.00	51.1	8	4	2	.667	5	1.75	36	4	0	2	46	10	12	0	6	0	3	0	205	0	6.31	1.05	0.00	17.6	2.9	1.01	.282	2.10	8.06
5	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	6.00	50.0	7	3	2	.600	5	2.70	24	5	0	0	40	15	19	0	4	1	2	0	201	1	4.32	0.72	0.00	11.9	2.0	0.88	.233	3.42	7.20
6	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	5.59	114.1	29	4	5	.444	16	2.83	123	1	0	4	105	36	39	11	22	2	9	1	464	4	9.68	1.73	0.87	26.5	4.7	1.11	.307	3.07	8.27
7	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	5.55	57.0	8	4	3	.571	7	0.95	61	4	2	0	36	6	10	2	11	0	0	1	213	0	9.63	1.74	0.32	28.6	5.2	0.82	.245	1.58	5.68
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	5.41	81.0	9	7	2	.778	9	1.89	92	8	2	0	55	17	19	6	17	2	0	3	312	2	10.22	1.89	0.67	29.5	5.4	0.89	.251	2.11	6.11
9	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	5.24	141.0	96	8	1	.889	0	0.70	110	0	0	42	86	11	13	2	21	3	78	4	527	3	7.02	1.34	0.13	20.9	4.0	0.76	.215	0.83	5.49
10	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	5.22	65.1	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	94	0	0	20	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
11	Julio Urías J. Urías	5.00	58.2	23	8	3	.727	6	3.68	60	0	0	1	45	24	25	10	12	0	4	1	232	2	9.20	1.84	1.53	25.9	5.2	0.97	.233	3.84	6.90
12	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	4.83	102.1	16	8	3	.727	14	2.11	87	3	3	1	74	24	25	8	18	5	1	2	398	0	7.65	1.58	0.70	21.9	4.5	0.90	.236	2.20	6.51
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	4.80	133.1	19	11	2	.846	19	2.23	120	4	2	0	104	33	37	12	25	3	0	0	525	1	8.10	1.69	0.81	22.9	4.8	0.97	.252	2.50	7.02
14	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	4.80	101.2	11	5	5	.500	11	1.06	48	10	4	0	76	12	22	1	10	1	0	3	391	1	4.25	0.89	0.09	12.3	2.6	0.85	.227	1.95	6.73
15	Aaron Nola A. Nola	4.77	57.1	12	5	5	.500	12	4.24	62	0	0	0	55	27	28	9	13	3	0	0	240	0	9.73	2.04	1.41	25.8	5.4	1.19	.301	4.40	8.63
16	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	4.71	93.2	14	7	3	.700	13	3.07	99	3	3	0	67	32	32	11	21	4	0	1	366	3	9.51	2.02	1.06	27.0	5.7	0.94	.242	3.07	6.44
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	4.71	74.1	13	4	3	.571	11	2.30	80	0	0	0	40	19	21	6	17	5	0	0	281	1	9.69	2.06	0.73	28.5	6.0	0.77	.197	2.54	4.84
18	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	4.64	56.1	13	5	2	.714	6	2.40	65	1	1	0	34	15	16	3	14	1	0	0	217	0	10.38	2.24	0.48	30.0	6.5	0.85	.231	2.56	5.43
19	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	4.56	79.2	17	9	3	.750	12	3.05	82	0	0	0	65	27	28	6	18	1	1	3	325	0	9.26	2.03	0.68	25.2	5.5	1.04	.271	3.16	7.34
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4.50	58.2	9	2	2	.500	7	3.07	63	1	0	1	39	20	23	3	14	0	2	1	226	1	9.66	2.15	0.46	27.9	6.2	0.90	.247	3.53	5.98
21	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	4.39	139.2	23	7	8	.467	21	3.42	145	0	0	0	121	53	56	19	33	3	0	7	571	2	9.34	2.13	1.22	25.4	5.8	1.10	.275	3.61	7.80
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	4.35	138.1	23	11	7	.611	23	2.73	161	0	0	0	105	42	51	20	37	3	0	1	558	1	10.47	2.41	1.30	28.9	6.6	1.03	.252	3.32	6.83
23	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	4.13	72.2	14	5	8	.385	14	3.96	62	0	0	0	62	32	34	18	15	8	0	1	296	1	7.68	1.86	2.23	20.9	5.1	1.06	.228	4.21	7.68
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4.13	121.0	19	7	9	.438	16	3.50	132	3	2	0	106	47	51	15	32	0	2	2	493	0	9.82	2.38	1.12	26.8	6.5	1.14	.290	3.79	7.88
25	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3.94	196.2	41	13	13	.500	32	4.62	213	0	0	1	171	101	107	32	54	4	2	6	803	11	9.75	2.47	1.46	26.5	6.7	1.14	.278	4.90	7.83

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Braves	94	68	.580
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Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0