most strikeouts pitcher in a postseason game with 0 walks, rookies

Don Newcombe has struck out the most hitters by a rookie with exactly 0 walks allowed in a postseason game, with 11 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1949 World Series versus the Yankees.

NAME SO BB DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
11
0
10/5/1949
BKN BKN
@
NYY NYY
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
29
0
2 Brandon Pfaadt
B. Pfaadt
9
0
10/19/2023
ARI ARI
vs
PHI PHI
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
0
3 Dan Straily
D. Straily
8
0
10/8/2013
OAK OAK
@
DET DET
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
22
0
4 Miguel Gonzalez
M. Gonzalez
8
0
10/10/2012
BAL BAL
@
NYY NYY
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
25
0
5 Michael Soroka
M. Soroka
7
0
10/6/2019
ATL ATL
@
STL STL
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
23
0
6 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
7
0
10/26/2018
LAD LAD
vs
BOS BOS
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
7 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
7
0
10/20/2018
LAD LAD
@
MIL MIL
1
1.93
0
0
0
4.2
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
19
0
8 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
7
0
10/5/2012
TEX TEX
vs
BAL BAL
L
1
2.70
0
0
0
6.2
5
2
3
0
1
0
0
27
0
9 John Lackey
J. Lackey
7
0
10/12/2002
ANA ANA
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
0
10 Ryne Nelson
R. Nelson
6
0
10/31/2023
ARI ARI
vs
TEX TEX
0
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
19
0
11 Ian Anderson
I. Anderson
6
0
10/11/2021
ATL ATL
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
19
0
12 Matt Shoemaker
M. Shoemaker
6
0
10/3/2014
LAA LAA
vs
KCR KCR
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
23
0
13 Jose Cabrera
J. Cabrera
6
0
10/8/1999
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
14 Todd Worrell
T. Worrell
6
0
10/24/1985
STL STL
vs
KCR KCR
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
15 Mike Boddicker
M. Boddicker
6
0
10/12/1983
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
30
0
16 Tobias Myers
T. Myers
5
0
10/3/2024
MIL MIL
vs
NYM NYM
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
18
1
17 George Kirby
G. Kirby
5
0
10/15/2022
SEA SEA
vs
HOU HOU
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
28
0
18 Tanner Houck
T. Houck
5
0
10/8/2021
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
W
0
1.80
0
0
0
5.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
17
0
19 Nate Pearson
N. Pearson
5
0
9/30/2020
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
20 Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
5
0
9/29/2020
OAK OAK
vs
CWS CWS
L
1
8.10
0
0
0
3.1
6
3
3
2
0
0
0
16
0
21 Steven Matz
S. Matz
5
0
10/31/2015
NYM NYM
vs
KCR KCR
1
3.60
0
0
0
5.0
7
2
2
0
0
0
0
21
0
22 Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
5
0
10/4/1995
NYY NYY
vs
SEA SEA
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
12
0
23 Calvin Schiraldi
C. Schiraldi
5
0
10/15/1986
BOS BOS
vs
CAL CAL
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
24 Bob Welch
B. Welch
5
0
10/4/1978
LAD LAD
@
PHI PHI
W
0
2.08
0
0
0
4.1
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
16
0
25 Cade Smith
C. Smith
4
0
10/5/2024
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts and walks allowed going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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