Max Scherzer fanned his most hitters in a postseason game in Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS versus the Red Sox, with 13 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 13 | 10/13/2013 |  DET | @ |  BOS | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | W. Johnson | 12 | 10/4/1924 |  WSH | vs |  NYG | L | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 1 |
| 3 |  | M. Scherzer | 11 | 10/12/2019 |  WSH | @ |  STL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | | M. Scherzer | 11 | 10/4/2013 | DET | @ |  OAK | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 5 |  | M. Scherzer | 10 | 10/11/2021 |  LAD | vs |  SFG | L | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 6 | | M. Scherzer | 10 | 10/18/2012 | DET | vs |  NYY | W | 1 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 7 | | W. Johnson | 10 | 10/7/1925 | WSH | @ |  PIT | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 8 | | M. Scherzer | 8 | 10/19/2013 | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 9 | | M. Scherzer | 8 | 10/28/2012 | DET | vs | SFG | 1 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 10 | | M. Scherzer | 8 | 10/10/2012 | DET | @ | OAK | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 11 | | M. Scherzer | 7 | 10/17/2021 | LAD | @ |  ATL | 1 | 4.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 12 | | M. Scherzer | 7 | 10/22/2019 | WSH | @ |  HOU | W | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 13 | | M. Scherzer | 7 | 10/7/2019 | WSH | vs | LAD | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| 14 | | M. Scherzer | 7 | 10/9/2017 | WSH | @ |  CHC | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 15 | | M. Scherzer | 7 | 10/13/2016 | WSH | vs | LAD | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 16 | | M. Scherzer | 6 | 10/1/2019 | WSH | vs |  MIL | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 17 | | M. Scherzer | 6 | 10/2/2014 | DET | @ |  BAL | L | 1 | 6.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 18 | | M. Scherzer | 6 | 10/10/2011 | DET | @ |  TEX | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 19 | | M. Scherzer | 5 | 10/7/2016 | WSH | vs | LAD | L | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 20 | | M. Scherzer | 5 | 10/2/2011 | DET | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 21 | | W. Johnson | 5 | 10/10/1924 | WSH | vs | NYG | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| 22 |  | M. Scherzer | 4 | 10/18/2023 | TEX | vs | HOU | L | 1 | 11.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 23 |  | M. Scherzer | 4 | 10/7/2022 |  NYM | vs |  SDP | L | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 24 | | M. Scherzer | 4 | 10/6/2021 | LAD | vs | STL | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 25 | | M. Scherzer | 3 | 10/30/2019 | WSH | @ | HOU | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
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