Livan Hernandez has fanned the most hitters by a rookie right-hander in a postseason game, with 15 strikeouts in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS versus the Braves.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Hernandez | 15 | 10/12/1997 |  FLA | vs |  ATL | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2 | | M. Boddicker | 14 | 10/6/1983 |  BAL | vs |  CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 3 | | D. Newcombe | 11 | 10/5/1949 |  BKN | @ |  NYY | L | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 4 | | T. Belcher | 10 | 10/5/1988 |  LAD | vs |  NYM | W | 1 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 5 | | B. Pfaadt | 9 | 10/19/2023 |  ARI | vs |  PHI | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 6 | | I. Anderson | 9 | 10/1/2020 | ATL | vs |  CIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 7 |  | N. Syndergaard | 9 | 10/18/2015 | NYM | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 8 | | N. Syndergaard | 9 | 10/10/2015 | NYM | @ | LAD | L | 1 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| 9 | | M. Wacha | 9 | 10/7/2013 |  STL | @ |  PIT | W | 1 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 10 |  | S. Gray | 9 | 10/5/2013 |  OAK | vs |  DET | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 11 | | C. Hudson | 9 | 10/7/1983 |  PHI | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 12 | | P. Derringer | 9 | 10/1/1931 | SLN | vs |  PHA | L | 1 | 7.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 13 |  | Y. Yamamoto | 8 | 10/17/2024 | LAD | @ | NYM | 1 | 4.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 14 | | I. Anderson | 8 | 10/7/2020 | ATL | vs |  MIA | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 15 | | B. Woodruff | 8 | 10/17/2018 |  MIL | @ | LAD | L | 0 | 5.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 16 |  | W. Buehler | 8 | 10/15/2018 | LAD | vs | MIL | L | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 17 | | M. Wacha | 8 | 10/12/2013 | STL | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| 18 | | D. Straily | 8 | 10/8/2013 | OAK | @ | DET | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 19 | | M. Gonzalez | 8 | 10/10/2012 |  BAL | @ | NYY | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 20 |  | J. Verlander | 8 | 10/21/2006 | DET | vs | STL | L | 1 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 21 | | J. Beattie | 8 | 10/15/1978 | NYY | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 22 | | R. Duren | 8 | 10/8/1958 | NYY | @ |  MIL | W | 0 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | | B. Adams | 8 | 10/13/1909 |  PIT | vs | DET | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 24 | | B. Pfaadt | 7 | 10/24/2023 | ARI | @ | PHI | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 25 | | L. Garcia | 7 | 10/22/2021 |  HOU | vs |  BOS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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